Domaine Truchetet

Nuits Saint Georges "Aux Saints Juliens" - 2019 - Morgan et Julie Truchetet

Burgundy

TRUCHETET Morgan et Julie

A cuvée produced from purchased grapes, 50 year old vines planted on a 15 ares plot, harvested by the Truchetet team. We are at the bottom of the hillside, in the North of Nuits-Saint-Georges, touching Vosne-Romanée. Low yields, only two 228-liter barrels produced for this cuvée. Vinification: total destemming, 20 days of maceration with some punch downs, settling, put into barrels by gravity, 12 months of maturation in wood then 5 months in vats. Bottled in February 2021.

Morgan and Julie Truchetet, brother and sister, took over Domaine Truchetet from their father Jean-Pierre in January of 2019. Together, they represent the fifth generation to lead Domaine Truchetet. After receiving his BTS diploma in viticulture and oenology from the lycée viticole in Beaune, Morgan worked at Domaine Lescure in Nuits-Saint-Georges where he deepened his knowledge of organic farming, eventually rising to the position of vineyard manager, a role he assumed from 2012 to 2018. During this time, his little sister Julie perfected her knowledge of terroirs while working for more than ten years at Domaine Truchetet, alongside Jean-Pierre. So it seems only natural that in 2019 they decided to join forces to take over the Domaine and begin a conversion to organic viticulture. They continue to explore new practices, such as innovative plant and seaweed treatments, reduced doses of sulphur and working by gravity in the winery... Their objective: to give energy back to their soil while bottling the fullest expression of each terroir. It’s an ambitious challenge, but one that Morgan and Julie are more than ready to take on!