Grafé Lecocq
The company’s activity consists of ageing French wines in oak barrels. This goes far beyond the simple distribution of bottles, because Grafé Lecocq takes care of the wines during this crucial stage in their life, between the end of vinification and bottling. The wines are matured and aged in oak barrels, for a period of up to 24 months for certain wines.
Hence, every wine bears our signature. This demonstrates our commitment to every wine we market and encourages us to be extremely rigorous in terms of quality so that our name is perceived as being synonymous with quality.
To ensure the success of this objective, the first stage is crucial: i.e. the choice, at the end of fermentation, of raw wines from the various French wine-growing regions with good ageing potential, and whose character is representative of terroir, with a confirmed personality, and recognised by an appellation of origin.
The selection is made every year through successive blind tasting sessions, where several hundred samples are presented. Jean-Loup and Bernard Grafé are personally responsible for this task.
2014 Santenay 1er Cru Les Gravieres Grafé Lecocq
Tasting notes
Light dress. Intense and expressive nose of Morello cherries and undergrowth, with hints of spices. The texture is elegant, the attack fresh and the aftermath voluptuous. When we say that it is not the colour that makes the quality of the wine? here is a good example. Delicious finish with flavours of remarkable intensity!
Santenay is a small village at the southernmost edge of Côte de Beaune, the lower half of the “golden slopes” of the Côte d’Or. The Côte d’Or is the home of the world’s most prominent Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards and villages; and while the Côte de Beaune is primarily known for its Chardonnay, there are several villages that specialize in Pinot Noir production, including Santenay.
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