DOMAINE PETIT-ROY
Chorey-Les-Beaune
Burgundy
Located in Chorey-les-Beaune, Seiichi Saito runs Petit-Roy since 2017. Seiichi was first introduced to the world of wine when he attended the Beaune wine school in 2006. In the years that followed, he spent time working with a number of outstanding domaines, including Mugnier, Leflaive and Rousseau, and landing for a particularly long stint at Simon Bize.
Today, Domaine Petit-Roy comprehends 2.1ha of vines of regional appellations which Seiichi looks after personally and farms biodynamically, as well as a small portion of purchased fruit from like-minded growers based in and around Beaune.
In the cellar he favours whole cluster fermentations and gentle cap management so not to over extract and maintain verticality and brightness across the entire range. There is absolutely no new oak involved, everything is bottled strictly without filtration and SO2 is used rather sporadically, if at all, at bottling.
Bourgogne Aligoté
Vintage 2020
Style White
Region Savigny-les-Beaune, Burgundy
Varieties Aligoté
ABV 12%
Soils Clay, Limestone, Marl
Farming Biodynamic
Winemaking The fruit is sourced from two sites, one in Savigny on clay and marl and the other in Echevronne on clay-limestone. Both parcels are worked in accordance to biodynamic principles and are found on flatter land with a south-west exposure. Direct
pressing followed by a 12hr débourbage. Must is transferred to 228L barrels where it slowly ferments dry over 60 days.
Ageing for 12 months in barrel and 3 in cuve before bottling.
Tasting Note A rather generous and round expression of the varietal. Ripe and toasty notes combine with a silky and slightly creamy palate.
Hautes Côtes-de-Beaune
Vintage 2020
Style White
Region Fussey, Burgundy
Varieties Chardonnay
ABV
Soils Clay, Limestone
Farming Conventional
Winemaking
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Maranges, Les Loyères
Vintage 2020
Style White
Region Sampigny-les-Maranges, Burgundy
Varieties Chardonnay
ABV 12.5%
Soils Clay, Hard Limestone
Farming Organic, in conversion
Winemaking Chardonnay is planted on a south-facing hillside where the topsoils are rather thin and rich in limestone providing great freshness and minerality. The old vines here mean for much lower yields but exceptional concentration. Direct pressing and spontaneous fermentation in pièces bourguignonnes of 228L. Ageing lasted 15 months overall, 12 of which are spent in barrels and 3 in cuve later.
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Côtes de Beaune, Les Monsnières
Vintage 2021
Style White
Region
Varieties Chardonnay
ABV
Soils
Farming
Winemaking
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Saint-Romain, En Chevrot
Vintage 2020
Style White
Region
Varieties Chardonnay
ABV
Soils
Farming
Winemaking
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Pernand-Vergelesses, Les Combottes
Vintage 2020
Style White
Region Pernand-Vergelesses, Burgundy
Varieties Chardonnay
ABV 12.5%
Soils Clay, limestone
Farming Organic
Winemaking Chardonnay harvested on September 3rd from a tiny 0.17ha single vineyard planed on a south-west facing coteau. Soils here are rich in limestone which helped maintaining a nice freshness during the hot summer of the 2020 vintage. Fruit is hand-picked, pressed and left to separate from the gros lees over 12 hours. Fermented in barrel on indigenous yeasts and aged for 15 months.
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Fleurie
Vintage 2021
Style Red
Region Beaujolais
Varieties Gamay
ABV
Soils
Farming
Winemaking
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Hautes Côtes de Beaune
Vintage 2020
Style Red
Region Natoux, Burgundy
Varieties Pinot Noir
ABV 11.5%
Soils Calcareous clay, hard limestone
Farming Biodynamic
Winemaking The fruit comes from a lesser know village north-west of Pommard, called Natoux. This is a very special site with great elevation and vines that are 40 years old on average, planted only highly calcareous soils. Whole bunch vinification in cuve with a rather short maceration (10 days). Ageing in barrels which gained nice depth and elegance.
Tasting Note Despite the hot summer the grapes only converted 11.5% of alcohol, resulting in an incredibly fresh and delicate expression of Pinot Noir. Vibrant red fruit and wild berries, sustained aromatics and crunchy bitters with lip-smacking minerality on the finish.
Chorey-les-Beaune
Vintage 2020
Style Red
Region Chorey-les-Beaune, Burgundy
Varieties Pinot Noir
ABV 13%
Soils Abundant clay with deep topsoils, limestone
Farming Organic
Winemaking Fruit comes from Les Maladerottes, a small holding found on a plateau with rows planted north/south a stone’s throw away from where the winery is located. The terroir here is rather warm and dry and grapes yield excellent concentration despite a fairly short ripening season. Whole cluster fermented and aged in barrel for 19 months.
Tasting Note There is a lovely weight and depth about this wine, showing darker fruit tones and hints of attractive undergrowth framed by ripe yet firm tannins.
Hautes Côtes-de-Nuits
Vintage 2021
Style Red
Region
Varieties Pinot Noir
ABV
Soils Clay, limestone
Farming
Winemaking
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Bourgogne Rouge, Souvenir
Vintage 2021
Style Red
Region Burgundy
Varieties Pinot Noir
ABV
Soils
Farming
Winemaking
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Savigny-les-Beaune
Vintage 2020
Style Red
Region Savigny-les-Beaune, Burgundy
Varieties Pinot Noir
ABV 13%
Soils Clay, limestone
Farming Organic
Winemaking This wine is made with the assemblage of fruit harvested from three different lieu-dits in Savigny. More precisely Les Vermots and Godeaux which are cooler sites on calcareous soils that harvested in the second week of September and Planchot du Nord, a much warmer, early ripening site with deeper clay soils. Whole bunch maceration in cuve lasting approximately 30 days and aged in barrels.
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