Domaine Aubert et Pamela De Villaine Côte Chalonnaise La Fortune 2014 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2014 Domaine Aubert et Pamela De Villaine La Fortune is a red Burgundy wine from the Côte Chalonnaise. This Village cuvée, produced by Domaine De Villaine, comes from the La Fortune parcel and is made exclusively from Pinot Noir. The estate, based in Bouzeron, farms 30 hectares of vines organically, a setting that anchors this parcel selection firmly within the identity of the Côte Chalonnaise.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Côtes Chalonnaises
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine De Villaine
- Parcelle / Cru
- La Fortune
- Millésime
- 2014
Domaine De Villaine
Domaine de Villaine is a Burgundian estate based in Bouzeron, in the Côte Chalonnaise, between Santenay, Rully and Mercurey. Founded in 1971 by Aubert and Pamela de Villaine, it cultivates, in particular, limestone-rich slopes dedicated to Aligoté, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Pierre de Benoist, Aubert de Villaine’s nephew, is in charge of the estate’s management and winemaking.
- Owner
- Famille de Villaine (Aubert de Villaine et Pierre de Benoist)
- Maître de chais
- Pierre de Benoist
- Surface (ha)
- 29.60 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 140 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The Domaine de Villaine was founded in Bouzeron in 1971 by Aubert de Villaine and his wife Pamela. It is situated in a village in the Côte Chalonnaise, where vines have been cultivated since the Middle Ages, notably under the guidance of the monks of Cluny. The estate has developed around the slopes of Bouzeron, the historic terroir of Aligoté Doré, and also owns plots in the Rully, Mercurey, Bourgogne and Santenay appellations. The vines have been cultivated according to the principles of organic farming since 1986; the estate was certified in 1997. Pierre de Benoist joined the estate in 2001 and has been managing it since 2003. He is also directly responsible for the winemaking process. The vineyard now covers 29.6 hectares, comprising 20 hectares of white grape varieties and 9.6 hectares of Pinot Noir, according to data published by *La Revue du vin de France*. Wine-making is carried out using grapes sourced exclusively from the estate’s own vineyard; no grapes are purchased from outside sources.
La Fortune
La Fortune is an officially registered lieu-dit in the territory of Bouzeron, neighboring La Digoine and located at the bottom of the slope. This position corresponds to deeper marly-limestone soils, favorable for Pinot Noir. The reds produced here are marketed under the regional appellation Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise, the AOC Village Bouzeron being reserved for white Aligoté wines from demarcated sectors.
- Vineyard commune
- Bouzeron
- Soil
- Relatively deep marly-limestone soils at the bottom of the slope
- Subsoil and geology
- Marly-limestone substrate
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 2.300000 ha
- Indicative vine age
- Pinot Noir vines indicated as being 20 to 25 years old; the estate describes them as younger than those of La Digoine.
Histoire de la parcelle
The lieu-dit is described as formerly renowned for the quality of its red wines. Domaine de Villaine replanted its parcel there using massal selections of Pinot fin from Nuits-Saint-Georges, but no general land history or verifiable etymology for the toponym has been found.
