Fixin Le Rozier 2023 Domaine Charles Audoin
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Product Details
- Format
- 75 cl
- Region
- Bourgogne
- Vintage
- 2023
- Classification
- VILLAGE
- Appellation
- FIXIN
- Alcohol
- 13°
- Colour
- ROUGE
- Country
- FRANCE
- Vineyard site
- LE ROZIER
- Certification
- AGRICULTURE BIOLOGIQUE
- Taster
- Adrien
A Pinot Noir of remarkable elegance and precision from Domaine Charles Audoin, marrying ripe red fruit with stony minerality and a long, clean finish.
The Fixin Le Rozier 2023 from Domaine Charles Audoin is a Pinot Noir of elegant precision, sourced from a discreet lieu-dit in one of the Côte de Nuits' most authentic and underrated appellations. Planted over 60 years ago on certified organic vines, this wine embodies the Domaine's signature: refinement, elegance, and absolute fidelity to terroir.
The terroir of Le Rozier
Le Rozier lies at the southern edge of Fixin, on the clay-limestone and marl soils characteristic of the Côte de Nuits foothills. These vines, planted in the 1960s, benefit from the appellation's typical exposure and calcareous, marly substrate that brings density, character, and distinctive stony minerality to the wines. Fixin, pronounced "Fissin", sits at the northern end of the Côte de Nuits, between Marsannay and the celebrated Gevrey-Chambertin. Long overshadowed by its more famous neighbours, it produces what Burgundians call "winter wines": coloured, structured, often tannic in youth, but rounding beautifully with age to reveal a complex aromatic palette of violet, peony, sour cherry, blackcurrant, spice, and animal notes. The village's Premier Cru holdings, cultivated by Cistercian monks from the Middle Ages onward, once rivalled the greatest Chambertins. Le Rozier, at village level, carries on this tradition of excellence.
Tasting profile
Deep ruby robe with violet glints, bright and limpid. The nose is refined and expressive, showing ripe red and dark fruits, sour cherry, raspberry, and blackcurrant, lifted by floral notes of violet and peony, a whisper of spice, and chalky, graphitic minerality that marks the calcareous terroir. On the palate, the attack is striking and immediate, driven by vivid, well-integrated acidity that structures an elegant, supple body. Tannins are fine and silky, the texture precise, and the finish long and linear, echoing with persistent mineral and fruit notes. Bottled unfined and unfiltered to preserve the integrity of fruit and terroir.
The domaine
Domaine Charles Audoin stands as a benchmark for northern Côte de Nuits, widely recognized as an architect of Marsannay's reputation. Founded on carefully selected parcels in the 1970s by Charles Audoin, the domaine is now run by his son Cyril, fifth generation, who has sustained and deepened his father's exacting standards. Organic certification came in 2018, crowning years of patient groundwork. Vinification is traditional and minimalist, with 25% whole-bunch fruit, 14 to 18 day maceration, 12 months in barrel (20% new oak), followed by six months in tank before unfined, unfiltered bottling. Finesse and elegance are the hallmarks of a domaine built on rigour and patience.
Food pairing
This Fixin Le Rozier pairs beautifully with beef fillet and wild mushrooms, roasted lamb with herbs, traditional coq au vin, rabbit braised with black olives, or veal chop with truffle jus. It also harmonizes well with aged soft cheeses such as Époisses, Soumaintrain, or Brillat-Savarin. Serve between 15 and 17 °C, with gentle decanting recommended in the wine's early years to fully reveal the precision and minerality of this Côte de Nuits terroir.
The terroir of Le Rozier
Le Rozier lies at the southern edge of Fixin, on the clay-limestone and marl soils characteristic of the Côte de Nuits foothills. These vines, planted in the 1960s, benefit from the appellation's typical exposure and calcareous, marly substrate that brings density, character, and distinctive stony minerality to the wines. Fixin, pronounced "Fissin", sits at the northern end of the Côte de Nuits, between Marsannay and the celebrated Gevrey-Chambertin. Long overshadowed by its more famous neighbours, it produces what Burgundians call "winter wines": coloured, structured, often tannic in youth, but rounding beautifully with age to reveal a complex aromatic palette of violet, peony, sour cherry, blackcurrant, spice, and animal notes. The village's Premier Cru holdings, cultivated by Cistercian monks from the Middle Ages onward, once rivalled the greatest Chambertins. Le Rozier, at village level, carries on this tradition of excellence.
Tasting profile
Deep ruby robe with violet glints, bright and limpid. The nose is refined and expressive, showing ripe red and dark fruits, sour cherry, raspberry, and blackcurrant, lifted by floral notes of violet and peony, a whisper of spice, and chalky, graphitic minerality that marks the calcareous terroir. On the palate, the attack is striking and immediate, driven by vivid, well-integrated acidity that structures an elegant, supple body. Tannins are fine and silky, the texture precise, and the finish long and linear, echoing with persistent mineral and fruit notes. Bottled unfined and unfiltered to preserve the integrity of fruit and terroir.
The domaine
Domaine Charles Audoin stands as a benchmark for northern Côte de Nuits, widely recognized as an architect of Marsannay's reputation. Founded on carefully selected parcels in the 1970s by Charles Audoin, the domaine is now run by his son Cyril, fifth generation, who has sustained and deepened his father's exacting standards. Organic certification came in 2018, crowning years of patient groundwork. Vinification is traditional and minimalist, with 25% whole-bunch fruit, 14 to 18 day maceration, 12 months in barrel (20% new oak), followed by six months in tank before unfined, unfiltered bottling. Finesse and elegance are the hallmarks of a domaine built on rigour and patience.
Food pairing
This Fixin Le Rozier pairs beautifully with beef fillet and wild mushrooms, roasted lamb with herbs, traditional coq au vin, rabbit braised with black olives, or veal chop with truffle jus. It also harmonizes well with aged soft cheeses such as Époisses, Soumaintrain, or Brillat-Savarin. Serve between 15 and 17 °C, with gentle decanting recommended in the wine's early years to fully reveal the precision and minerality of this Côte de Nuits terroir.
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