Domaine Dandelion Pinot de Zinc 2022

Domaine Dandelion Pinot de Zinc 2022

Domaine Dandelion
$47.00 $55.00

Grape: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2022
Type: Red

This rare red wine is a zero-zero pinot noir cuvée crafted by Christian Knott and Morgane Seuillot in Burgundy. The liquid is built from press juice left behind when racking their three core vineyard bottling lots. These components blend together and mature for six months on full fermentation lees in seasoned wood barrels. The estate farms biodynamically using horse plowing, utilizing manual presses and bypassing all additives, filtering, or sulfur corrections.

It displays a translucent ruby hue, releasing a rustic bouquet of wild raspberries, red currants, and forest floor. On the palate, the light-to-medium body feels compact and tightly wound, balancing red fruit energy with a serious structural line. Savory notes of damp earth and cracked black pepper blend with a signature charm across the mid-palate. A clean wave of mountain acidity cuts through the texture, maintaining great freshness. It finishes bone-dry, leaving a light trail of spice.

Winery

Domaine Dandelion was established in 2016 by Morgane Seuillot and Christian Knott in Mavilly-Mandelot, in Burgundy’s Hautes-Côtes de Beaune. Morgane is from the area, while Christian came from Australia and developed his cellar experience in Burgundy. Their small holdings include old vines of Pinot Noir, Aligoté and Gamay. Organic farming with biodynamic influences, work by hand and the use of horses reflect an approach in which the condition of the vineyard takes priority over convenience.

The cellar follows the same quiet logic. Whole-cluster fermentations, gentle handling and aging in used barrels allow the fruit to develop without forceful extraction or the flavor of new oak. The wines are made without added sulfur and without fining or filtration. Hautes-Côtes Nature sits alongside other still and sparkling cuvées, each shaped by the available grapes and the growing season. Dandelion’s appeal comes from the combination of small-scale, demanding vineyard work and wines that retain a particularly direct, delicate connection to their Burgundian origins.