Jean Marc Vincent Auxey Duresses Blanc 'Les Hautes' 2023

Wine Type: White
Vintage: 2023
Bottle Size: 750ml
Grape Variety: Chardonnay
Appellation: Auxey-Duresses AOC
Country: France
Region: Auxey-Duresses, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy
Producer: Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent
Winemaker: Anne-Marie & Jean-Marc Vincent
Vineyard: Les Hautés; 0.90 ha parcel, with vines listed at 20 and 55 years old
Soil: Marly limestone
Farming: Practicing organic; hand-harvested with careful sorting in the vineyard
Alcohol: 13.5%
Fermentation: Low-pressure pressing; must transferred by gravity to oak casks for cool barrel fermentation
Aging: Minimum 15 months in barrel, with 30–40% new oak; no racking; lees stirred until spring, then left on lees until the end of élevage

Tasting Note:
Jean-Marc Vincent’s 2023 Auxey-Duresses Blanc “Les Hautés” is a serious, layered white Burgundy with both richness and mineral tension. Expect white peach, yellow apple, pear, lime blossom, honey, hazelnut, acacia, oyster shell, and light baking spice. The palate is textured and concentrated, but lifted by bright acidity and a firm limestone backbone. It has the roundness and depth of a much more famous Côte de Beaune white, with a long, stony, saline finish.

About the Producer:
Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent is a small family estate based in Santenay, run by Anne-Marie and Jean-Marc Vincent. The domaine works old family parcels in Santenay and Auxey-Duresses with meticulous vineyard work, organic-minded farming, hand harvesting, slow élevage, and minimal cellar movement. Their wines are known for intensity, structure, and a clear sense of terroir, often overdelivering for their appellations. “Les Hautés” is one of their signature whites and the Auxey-Duresses bottling that helped build the domaine’s reputation.