Domaine Stéphane Aladame Montagny 1er Cru Les Coères 2021 clos-mogador Marlborough's clay hillsides have now

Marlborough's clay hillsides have now become the 'thing' they should always have been for premium Pinot Noir

Exposed to the south and east

All hand picked

Drawn from a solera laid down in 1922

Domaine Stéphane Aladame Montagny 1er Cru Les Coères 2021 clos-mogador Marlborough's clay hillsides have nowStphane Aladame farms just 0. 5 hectares of this east facing site. The domaines vines fall in the Montagny les Buxy section of the terroir in deep marl and blue clay soils at 290 metres altitude. Aladame uses two parcels (the older planted in 1985) supplemented by a ration of Chardonnay Muscat (an old variety of Chardonnay that Benjamin Leroux also works with in the Meursault Narvaux terroir). The wine fermented and matured for 10 months in neutral