Domaine Michel Gros, Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Fontaine Saint Martin

The vineyard, a monopoly of 7 hectares, is situated in Arcenant about 5km from Nuits-Saint-Georges at 350-400m. It’s Michel Gros’s ‘baby’ where he has planted 3 hectares of Chardonnay and 4 hectares of Pinot Noir. It’s a East facing parcel like the Côte de Nuits. Because of the altitude is is harvest about a week later than Vosne-Romanée. Michel describes the subsoil as similar to the top of the hill of Corton (Oxfordian period).
Michel describes Fontaine Saint-Martin red as wild, a bit like the landscape. Deep and strong. The white is comparable with Aloxe-Corton and Pernand-Vergelesses.