Domaine Tollot-Beaut Aloxe-Corton Les Vercots

Aloxe-Corton Les Vercots 1er Cru bottle image

Wine Description

The Tollot family represents a long lineage of winegrowers dating back to the late 1880s when François Tollot began planting vineyards in Chorey-lès-Beaune. Today, cousins Nathalie, Jean-Paul, and Olivier Tollot are in charge. The wines of Tollot-Beaut are well-known for their serious but pleasing style across a range of appellations from Bourgogne to Grand Cru.

Chorey-lès-Beaune lies on the plains below the Cote d'Or escarpment with 336 acres almost exclusively planted with Pinot Noir. Initially, the Tollot family owned vines only in Chorey, but successive generations made small acquisitions in Savigny-lès-Beaune, Aloxe-Corton, and Beaune for a current total of 60 acres.

Aloxe-Corton Les Vercots 1er Cru is a special wine for Tollot-Beaut. Through 2012, this wine was produced from 50% old vines with some of the plantings dating to before WWII. Les Vercots is now produced from a ten-year-old sélection massale on deep soil with a high limestone content. The climat sits mid-slope on the Corton hill and faces due south.

Nathalie, Olivier, and Jean-Paul Tollot
Domaine Tollot-Beaut Vineyard
Domaine Tollot-Beaut Wine
Corton-Bressandes
Nathalie Tollot
Domaine Tollot-Beaut Cellar
Jean-Paul Tollot
Domaine Tollot-Beaut Bottle Shot
Chorey-Les-Beaune
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Acclaim
“Plump and juicy, exhibiting cherry, raspberry, peony and toasty spice flavors. Fruity enough to drink now, yet this has a firm, vibrant structure and mineral underpinning that will allow it to age. Offers terrific balance and length.”
— Wine Spectator, Apr 2022
“The Tollots farm a mid-slope parcel at Vercots, facing south, which they recently replanted with a massal selection. The teenage vines provided a 2019 with lots of sunny energy, its tannins roughhousing with summery sour-cherry and raspberry flavors, the two sides aligning in an open racy Burgundy to enjoy over the next several years.”
— Wine & Spirits, Mar 2022
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Vineyard & Production Info
Soil composition
Calcareous
Bottles produced of this wine:
2,900
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
100% Pinot Noir
Fining agent:
None
Type of aging container:
Pièce
Size of aging container:
228 liters
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
18 months
Age of Aging Container:
50% new
Total SO2
58
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Analytical Data
Acidity:
5.3 g/L
Alcohol:
14.5 %
Dry extract:
25.5 g/L
Total SO2
58
Residual sugar:
<2 g/L