A light, delicate Pinot Noir with loads of fruit and a green pepper note from the whole-cluster maceration, that spends a year in barrel before bottling.
Cécile Paquet's wines are certified organic and she practices biodynamics. This kind of care results in a wine with a "lovely ruby hue. Rich nose with aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry)...Very complex, well-balanced and elegant Pinot Noir..."
This negociant red Burgundy is an elegant wine with fresh red fruit complemented with fine tannins. As Burgundy prices skyrocket, this appellation-level Pinot Noir is looking increasingly like good value.
Delightful glou glou Pinot-Chard! Vinified using a borrowed "flottaison" technique, in which a proportion of the grapes are pressed directly at harvest, and the remaining grapes are added as whole bunches to the must, which gives it a gentle infusion without too much extraction of colour or tannin. All of Santini wines are stored in steel tanks, which get bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal added sulfur. Healthy good stuff. Field day?
Blend of Pinot de Bourgogne and Gamay de Chiroubles, made in a cleverly extracted style, with lots of fruit and minimal tannin. Chiroubles has the highest, steepest vines in Beaujolais which makes working the vines plentiful more meticulous and physically demanding.
A delicious marriage of Pinot Noir and Gamay, and as fruit-forward and acidic as anything Santini produces. Drink pantry-cool alongside some appetizers.
