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..."
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.
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 a more physically demanding process. The reward for this meticulous work shines through in the bottle.
A delicious marriage of Pinot Noir and Gamay, and as fruit-forward and crisp as anything Santini produces. Drink pantry-cool alongside some appetizers.
