La Maison Romane Les Longeroles Marsannay 2022
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La Maison Romane Les Longeroles Marsannay 2022

La Maison Romane
$70.00

Grape: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2022
Type: Red

This organic white-label red wine is a pure varietal expression of pinot noir produced by Oronce de Beler at La Maison Romane. Sourced from the Les Longeroies parcel in Marsannay, the hand-picked grapes undergo a three-week whole-cluster fermentation driven by native wild yeasts. Cellar operations follow strict low-intervention guidelines tied to the lunar cycle, utilizing natural gravity flow instead of mechanical pumps. It matures for twelve months in neutral two-hundred-and-twenty-eight liter barrels before bottling unfiltered with minimal sulfur.

It pours a translucent ruby color, opening with high-toned, juicy aromas of fresh red cherries, wild raspberries, and forest floor. A medium-bodied frame balances crunchy berry fruit with an underlying stony mineral undercurrent. A bright, natural acidity drives the wine, ensuring freshness and structural poise across mid-palate volume. Silky, fine-grained tannins provide a smooth structural grip that coordinates nicely with the fruit. It finishes clean, dry, and persistent, leaving a savory trace.

Winery

Oronce de Beler founded La Maison Romane after leaving Paris for Burgundy in 2004. He studied in Beaune, worked harvests with family domaines and began a horse-plowing business before purchasing his first grapes in 2005. The project now operates from a vaulted cellar in Nuits-Saint-Georges, where it moved in 2017. Longstanding relationships with growers provide fruit from vineyards farmed organically, biodynamically or with similarly careful attention to the soil and its living environment.

Hand harvesting and meticulous sorting are especially important because the red wines are made with whole clusters. Extraction is restrained, with punchdowns reserved for the final stages of fermentation, and sulfur is either omitted or used in very small amounts. The wines spend around a year in old oak barrels before manual bottling without fining or filtration. Those choices give a practical shape to Oronce’s original idea: selecting good grapes and handling them gently enough for the differences between Burgundian villages and vineyards to remain clear. The result is a small négociant project with a distinctly personal approach.