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This beautiful white Burgundy comes from a 0.26 hectare parcel of forty year old vines in the Auxey-Duresses lieu dit "Les Vireaux,” which borders the adjacent Meursault lieu dit "Les Vireuils." The east facing slope and shallow, stony soils, produce a wine with a fine and supple core of bright fruit flavors that carry through a long, intensely mineral finish.
About this wine producer: Denis Carré founded his estate in 1975 by purchasing a small collection of vineyards and building a modest winery in Meloisey, a village in the Hautes Cotes de Beaune. Over four decades, the estate has expanded to include tiny holdings in Meursault, Pommard, Auxey-Duresses, Savingy-lès-Beaune, Saint Romain and Beaune - twelve hectares in total spread out over nearly seventy (!) parcels. In 2008, Denis's children Gaetane and Martial joined estate on a full-time basis (and in doing so, doubled the number of employees of the estate from two to four). In 2013, the family completed a full renovation and expansion of their winery. Today, Martial is in charge of the farming and winemaking, while Gaetane manages the business affairs; Denis and his wife Bernadette are still active in the vines and cellar. "Technically on paper," Gaetane jokes, "my parents are retired. But they are the best employees we have: they're always available and they work for free!"
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