Fixin Crais de Chêne

It will go well with cooked meat such as minced beef with black mushrooms and soy reduction, a prime rib and its grape must juice, a sweet and sour pork mignon, a leg of venison.

Les Crais de Chêne is a locality located on the alluvial cone between the villages of Couchey and Fixin. The 1.7 ha plot is made up of limestone landslide gravel soils mixed with clay. The age of the vines of 55 years and a complete maturity of the grapes allow to have accomplished tannins.

Aging lasts about 12 months in 20% new barrels and 6 months in vats.

Vinified according to the vintages with 50% whole bunches.

For more than 20 years, working the soil while respecting biodiversity has been one of our priorities. For us, respect for microbial life, auxiliary fauna and the quality of plant material (mass selection) are the major levers of our philosophy. First of all, beautiful grapes, they are perfectly ripe grapes. Tasting the standing berries determines the best harvest date for each plot. The choice of this date is very important: it will give us 80% of the style of the wine. Our goal is to obtain perfect maturity in order to have silky and delicate tannins on the reds and to retain the freshness of the fruit on the whites to keep energy and balance. We are looking for that, to capturewhat the grape gives naturally without forcing the potential of the terroir and the vintage. To respond to this philosophy of respect for the vine, we carry out little extraction and work mainly on the infusion, so that the balance and vibration are slowly put in place, day after day during maceration.