2024 Claire Naudin, La Plante, Bourgogne Pinot Noir

About this wine

Claire Naudin's regional Pinot Noir comes from La Plante, a parcel on the limestone plateau above the Côte, where altitude keeps acidity high and alcohol low. She farms organically, picks early, ferments whole bunches with indigenous yeasts, extracts by infusion rather than punching down, raises the wine in old barrels and bottles it without sulfur, which is why it must be kept cool and opened with a little care. 2024 was a small, fresh vintage in Burgundy, exactly her style.

Expect redcurrant, wild strawberry and rose, a peppery whole-cluster edge, feather-light tannins, bright acidity and a clean, chalky finish. Serve cool with charcuterie, a roast chicken, salmon or a picnic. Drink now to 2029.

About Claire Naudin

Claire Naudin runs Domaine Naudin-Ferrand in Magny-lès-Villers, on the ridge between the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits and the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, an estate her grandfather founded and her father Henri built up. Since taking over in 1994 she has turned it into one of the most quietly radical addresses in Burgundy: organic farming, early picking for freshness, whole clusters, native yeasts, long élevage in old wood and, on the cuvées that carry her own name, no added sulfur at all. The wines are pale, perfumed, low in alcohol and built on the limestone of the high slopes; Orchis Mascula, from old vines, is the one collectors chase.