Domaine Jean Claude Rateau - Clos des Mariages 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.
Clos des Mariages is a blend of young vines and old vines of Pinot Noir . Fermentation lasts 20 days in open vats with light punching down. The wine is aged for 15 months in old oak barrels.
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir