La Maison Romane Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Caines Carteaux 2022
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La Maison Romane Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Caines Carteaux 2022

La Maison Romane
$154.00

Grape: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2022
Type: Red

This premier cru red Burgundy is crafted from hand-picked pinot noir grapes by Oronce de Beler at La Maison Romane. The fruit undergoes a traditional whole-cluster fermentation driven by native wild yeasts, followed by a complete spontaneous malolactic conversion. It ages for fifteen to nineteen months in French oak barrels sourced from the Tronçais forest to build structural complexity. Following the lunar calendar, all juice movements rely on natural gravity flow instead of pumps, and bottling occurs unfiltered.

It shows a deep ruby color, releasing an inviting bouquet of ripe black cherry, plum, woodsmoke, and warm spices. On the palate, the medium-bodied frame is structured and balanced, pairing concentrated red fruit flavors with a firm, fine-grained tannin profile. Savory notes of dried tobacco leaf and cedar shavings blend into the fruit core across mid-palate. A clean wave of natural acidity runs through the center, keeping the texture fresh.

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.