Dubois et Fils, Chambolle Musigny Les Combottes Red 2020

100% Pinot Noir, from 0,30 hectare vineyard located on the villages of Chambolle Musigny. The soil is clayey and chalky with little deep lands, stony, rather sandy, the vines are 45 years old. Only 1500 Bottles produced per year.

The harvest of the grapes is performed manually. After reception at the winery and destemming, the must is placed in a vat for a period of 10 to 12 days. For the first 3 days, the temperature is maintained between 16 to 18° C. This process allows to keep the primary aromas in the fruits. After the temperature of the vat naturally elevates to be maintained between 28 and 33° C during a few days.

During this period, 2 processes occur :
- the fermentation converts sugar to alcohol.
- the maceration allows to transmit the colour and the proprieties of grape to wine. This one is improved by punching the cap and pumping-over. When the wine is achieved, the totality of the vat is pressed.

Wines stay 15 months in cellar before being bottled. During this period, the wine undergoes a second fermentation named malolactic fermentation which allows it to stabilise its structure. It spends about 6 to 9 months of its life in oak barrels with one third in new barrels, in order to give it the necessary tannin. After this time, the wines are prepared for bottling.

The Chambolle-Musigny is the most delicate wine of the Côte de Nuits. The fine tannins are soft.
This is a « feminine wine » by its fine delicacy. Wine with moderate colour and subtle aromas of raspberry, strawberry, candied violets, undergrowth. 

This red wine, with its soft structure, may be tasted young after 2-4 years but sometimes could age and be
better appreciated after 10 to 15 years.

These red wines will be better appreciated to a temperature closed to 15-16° C. The previous aeration of 1 to 2 hours is advised. Concerning young wines, using a carafe procure a good oxygenation.

The delicate structure of Chambolle Musigny suggest their associations with red wine sauces, such as a "Coq au vin", grilled or roasted red meats, and hard pressed cheese. 

Located in Premeaux-Prissey, close to Nuits Saint Georges, the history of Dubois winegrowers begins around 1600 with the birth of Emiland Dubois, the first ancestor and winegrower to be found in official records.

Today, sister and brother Béatrice and Raphaël Dubois have been running the estate together since 2006. Domaine Dubois undertook something of a revolution a few years ago, incorporating minimal pesticide use in the interests of healthy, sustainable viticulture, complex vinification, producing subtle, fruity wines… a development noticed by many professional tasters and buyers.

Their wines correspond more closely to what today’s consumers are looking for. While staying true to their terroir, they try to give them maximum levels of fruit, elegance and length.

Domaine Dubois produces a range of 21 appellations on 21 hectares of vines: white and red Burgundy, Burgundy Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Nuits Saint Georges premier cru, Savigny les Beaune premier cru and Clos de Vougeot, producing around 100,000 bottles per year.