Domaine Jean Claude Rateau - The Beautiful and Good 2021
Domaine Jean-Claude Rateau is located in Beaune, in the Côte de Beaune in Burgundy . Jean-Claude Rateau comes from a wine-growing family. His paternal grandfather, a wine merchant, had planted his own vines and produced red and white Côte de Beaune. His maternal grandfather, head gardener for the city of Beaune, produced a Beaune Village that would keep for a very long time. His father, among his many businesses, cultivated and vinified for another owner family. It is therefore naturally that Jean-Claude Rateau decides to study at the wine school and that he sets out to discover France to share the experience of other winegrowers. In 1979, he established his 2 hectare estate from the family vines. He was one of the precursors of biodynamics in Burgundy. With his partners (the Thoening and Baechtold families), he planted 15 plots on 12 different terroirs.
Les Beaux et Bons comes from the blending of two plots: Les Beaux Fougets (clay soil) and Les Bons Feuvres (ferrous soil). The harvest is partially destemmed (60-90%) then fermented with indigenous yeasts. The maceration is long with a few light pigeages twice a day. The wine is aged for 11 months in old barrels from 4 to 10 years old.
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir