Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat – Vosne-Romanée 2016 – Burgundy France

The village wine from a domaine whose grand crus sit beside DRC's. Charles van Canneyt is widely held to make one of the best-value village Vosne-Romanées in Burgundy — same hands, same cellar, a fraction of the price.

🍷 At a Glance

• Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
• Appellation: Vosne-Romanée
• Region: Côte de Nuits, Burgundy
• Vintage: 2016
• Producer: Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat
• Winemaker: Charles van Canneyt
• Estate: Around 10 hectares across four villages and roughly 15 appellations, including Romanée-Saint-Vivant, Richebourg and Clos de Vougeot
• Vinification: Ploughed soils and low yields, indigenous yeasts, a small proportion of whole bunch, two to three weeks of maceration, must fermented in concrete
• Ageing: Around 18 months in barrel, with a modest proportion of new oak at village level
• Serving temperature: 15–17°C
• Style: Dry red wine

👃 Tasting Notes & Experience

• Color: Bright, medium ruby
• Nose: Red fruit with the spice and floral character Vosne is known for
• Palate: Pure and finely drawn, in the domaine's classical style
• Structure: Fine tannins with fresh acidity
• Finish: Long and clean

2016 was the frost year in Burgundy, and yields across the Côte de Nuits were sharply reduced — what survived tends to be concentrated and finely drawn. Hudelot-Noëllat's approach is deliberately unshowy: ploughing rather than chemicals, wild yeasts, fermentation of the must in concrete for purity, and around eighteen months in barrel. The domaine's reputation rests on Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg, but merchants who follow it consistently single out the village wines as the place where the quality-to-price ratio is most obvious.

❤️ Why We Love It

• Village Vosne from a cellar that also makes Romanée-Saint-Vivant
• A frost vintage, so there was very little of it
• The most accessible way into this domaine

🍽️ Food Pairing Ideas

• Roast poultry and guinea fowl
• Mushrooms and root vegetables
• Soft washed-rind cheeses

👤 Who This Wine Is For

✓ Drinkers who want a great address without grand cru pricing
✓ Anyone building a case of well-made village Burgundy
✕ Not ideal if you only buy premier and grand cru