Santenay 'Les Hâtes" 2023
Region: Côtes de Beaune
Producer: Domaine Franck Lamargue
Why we chose this wine
On the 12 hectares of the estate the growing is sustainable: chemical treatments are limited and only carried out when needed. Work in the vineyard is adapted to the needs of each plot. Some plots are ploughed with respect for the environment and the terroir, which makes the soil more alive: micro-organisms and insects multiply there and enrich it. Well-judged soil work gives the wine balance and drinkability, and lends it a fine tension. Other plots are grassed over, which improves the structure and the load-bearing of the soil and protects it from erosion.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | pinot noir |
| Drinking window | 2025-2037 |
| Alc. | 14.0% |
| Vinification | The harvest is by hand, with sorting in the vineyard. The grapes are then carried to the winery on conveyor belts. There they are destemmed and moved by belt into open vats, where alcoholic fermentation takes place with indigenous yeasts over 10 to 20 days, with regular punching down and pumping over. Once alcoholic fermentation is finished, the wine is moved by hand from the vat to the press, where the pressing is gentle and careful. After a rest of 24 to 48 hours the wines are aged in oak barrels, where malolactic fermentation takes place. Our barrels are generally medium-toasted, with a share of new oak that varies between 10 and 30 %, depending on the appellation. |
| Ripening | The ageing time varies from 9 to 12 months, again depending on the appellation. |
What the critics say
JancisRobinson.com
16,5/ 20
Tasted 09-01-2025
Drink: 2026–2033
Drink: 2026–2033
Lightish cherry red. Lifted sweet-sour red fruit, vibrant and inviting. Just a touch of oak spice. Excellent balance and harmony, the tannins are fine but sufficient, the fruit fills the core. Honest, satisfying, GV.
— Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com
The producer
Domaine Franck Lamargue
Franck Lamargue founded his estate in 2005, straight after his studies in Beaune, together with his former training mentor; he has run it alone since 2011. From La Rochepot he farms 12 hectares sustainably, with plots in Santenay, Maranges, Monthelie, Auxey-Duresses and Saint-Romain among others. Native yeasts and ageing in French oak, with at most 30% new wood.