The Maladiere climat is located mid-slope, between 300 and 320 metres altitude, with the domaine's 5ha of vines including some vines older than 50 years. The mix of browner, clay based soils on the western side and the higher limestone content in the east results in well-structured and appealing wines with complex aromas from long oak ageing.
The 2022 Savigny-lès-Beaune La Dominode 1er Cru, one of Jean-Hague Pavelot's favorite cuvées this year, has a generous bouquet of black plum, raspberry, and a touch of pressed white flowers emerging with time. Very well-defined and focused. The palate is ...
Here the nose if quite firmly reduced and revealing basically nothing today. This equally broad-shouldered flavors aren't quite as dense but they're certainly finer with good minerality and lift on the palate coating, balanced and beautifully persistent f...
A markedly more floral-suffused nose features notes of black pinot fruit, exotic tea and a whiff of oak toast. Once again I very much like the texture of the sleeker and finer medium weight flavors that exude a subtle minerality on the firm but refined fi...
The 2022 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Argillières 1er Cru is strict on the nose at first, buttoned-up black fruit, the whole bunches (30%) neatly assimilated. The medium-bodied palate offers succulent, ripe black fruit commingling with blood orange, gr...
The 2022 Vosne-Romanée Village includes around 40% whole bunches and delivers crisp black fruit laced with graphite and green bell pepper. The palate is medium-bodied with a charcoal-tinged entry. The oak and whole bunches are more prominent in this cu...
The 2022 Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras contains 40% whole clusters this year. The nose is composed and quite understated initially, with brambly black fruit, briar and a hint of Earl Grey. Lovely definition and cohesion. The palate is medium-bodied with c...