Domaine de la Roseraie
Domaine de la Roseraie Senex 2018
Domaine de la Roseraie Senex 2018
senex (Latin) /ˈse.neks/, [ˈs̠ɛnɛks̠]: old, aged, elderly
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Region: From the oldest plots of Beaune and Nolay, Burgundy, France
Alcohol Content: 13.5%
Grape Varietal: 100% Pinot Noir
Viticulture: Short pruning, natural grassing, high foliage to allow grapes to reach an exceptional concentration
Yield: Around 15 litres per hectare - resulting in less than 1000 bottles per cuvée
Winemaking: Semi-carbonic vatting for a few days in full harvest, followed by pressurisation, fermentation, ageing
Ageing: 18 months on less, 50% new oak, 50% unique barrel
Bottling by hand with gravity, without sulfites, collage or filtration
About the Producer
Domaine de la Roseraie is a fruit of labour for Julien Petitjean, a former historian who made a career switch to viticulture and winemaking at the beginning of the 2000s. The domaine was incepted in 2012, and currently comprises a 5 hectare vineyard with 2.8 hectares producing wines.
In search of the most natural wine production methods and in his endeavour to replicate the vibrance in cuvées reminiscent of pre-technological eras, he explored and applied medieval winemaking techniques, resurrecting simplicity and purity in the processes.
The principles of biodynamic are followed, with cover cropping practised and biodiversity embraced. Vinification stays truthful to ancient techniques. Julien leaves the wines as long as it takes, sometimes years, to complete the fermentation process. Wines are bottled without fining and filtration, and addition of sulfites.
