Domaine François Mikulski
Domaine Francois Mikulski Bourgogne Rouge 2023 750ml
Domaine Francois Mikulski Bourgogne Rouge 2023 750ml
FRANCE : BURGUNDY : CÔTE D'OR
ORGANIC : Pinot Noir
MED-BODIED, BURLAT CHERRY, RASPBERRY, BLACK PEPPER, TOBACCO LEAF, OAK
François Mikulski farms 1.3 hectares of Pinot Noir in Meursault under non-certified organic management, on fine alluvial soil at the base of the Côte d'Or slope. The older of his two parcels went in the ground in 1929, the second in 1980.
2023 handed the Côte d'Or a very large crop, so the growers who thinned hard got the best of it. A late spike of heat in the final days before picking brought the Pinot Noir to full ripeness, and the vintage is being read as the more transparent counterpart to 2022: less solar weight, more precision and vineyard detail.
The wine is de-stemmed, fermented on indigenous yeast, then given about ten months in barrel and two more in tank. It opens on burlat cherry, raspberry and chocolate coulis with bay leaf behind, turns fleshy and faintly savoury across the palate, and finishes precise and long on coarse black pepper, brown tobacco and real acidity.
PAIRINGS :
| Peppered country terrine | the producer's own call for this vintage now, and the wine's black pepper meets it head on |
| Boeuf aux carottes | give it two years and the ripe tannin lines up with slow-braised beef |
| Steak tartare | the palate has a raw-beef register, and the acidity cuts the richness |
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