Chartogne-Taillet Cuvée Les Orizeaux 2020 (Disg. Apr 2025) giovanna-tantini before bottling in spring

before bottling in spring

low-yielding site–just how the Lethbridge team likes it

then of their eldest son Jean-Antoine

blood orange and rhubarb with beautifully integrated oak and fine chewy tannin carrying the wine to a long and persistent finish

When Noval feels the wine is ready—usually after about 15 years—a portion is bottled for release

Chartogne-Taillet Cuvée Les Orizeaux 2020 (Disg. Apr 2025) giovanna-tantini before bottling in springThis deep soil vine needs many years to transfer the valuable salts from the subsoil to the grapes. The grape variety can then take over, without adding complexity. Each year, Les Orizeaux is matured in old oak barrels, from 2 to 9 wines, of Burgundy origin. No lees stirring is necessary, as the structure of the wine does not accept any additional heaviness. Les Orizeaux is a wine that can be appreciated in many ways. Aged in vats without air contact,