2022 Tour Saint Hilaire, Les Grands Quartiers, Bourgogne Rouge

About this wine

The Cadel family revived the Tour Saint-Hilaire estate in Fontaines, between Mercurey and Rully, and Valentin Cadel made his first vintage in 2021. Les Grands Quartiers 2022 is Pinot Noir from a friend's organically farmed vineyard at Couches, on the edge of the Mercurey appellation: a west-facing plot on clay that gives small berries with thick skins and naturally low yields. Winemaking is built around fruit, finesse and place.

Fresh cherry and redcurrant, a slightly spicy, earthy note, then a supple, fluid palate with fine tannins and the freshness that keeps it very drinkable. An honest Burgundy for the table: roast poultry, a mushroom tart, charcuterie. Drink now to 2029.

About Tour Saint Hilaire

Domaine de la Tour Saint-Hilaire is a family story in Fontaines, in the Côte Chalonnaise between Mercurey and Rully, amid vineyards, meadows and forest. Oenologist Luc Cadel bought the property with his family in 2014 to make his own wine; when he passed away suddenly in 2017, his son Valentin, with a master's in entrepreneurship rather than a diploma in vines, chose to carry the dream through, retrained as a winemaker in Beaune in 2021 and made his first vintage the same year. The wines are classic Côte Chalonnaise, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir made around fruit, finesse and place, from the estate's own parcels and from organically farmed grapes bought from friends.