Cuvee Ronde
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 2–6 years from the vintage release to appreciate its fresh red fruit character and supple tannins.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted chicken, seared duck breast, wild mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Marchand-Tawse's Cuvée Ronde is a beautifully crafted Bourgogne Pinot Noir that serves as an inviting introduction to the estate's elegant style. The name Cuvée Ronde, or 'round blend,' reflects its signature harmony, supple texture, and approachable character. Sourced from carefully selected parcels across the Côte d'Or, this 100% Pinot Noir combines fruit from both the Côte de Nuits, which lends structure and dark fruit depth, and the Côte de Beaune, which offers bright red fruit and floral elegance. Pascal Marchand utilizes biodynamic and organic viticulture principles to ensure the purity of the terroir shines through. Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in French oak barrels with a minimal proportion of new oak, this cuvée represents a masterful blending art, capturing the vibrant, classic spirit of Burgundian Pinot Noir.
🍾 About the Producer
Maison Marchand-Tawse was established in 2011 through the partnership of legendary Quebecois vigneron Pascal Marchand and Canadian entrepreneur and winery owner Moray Tawse. Based in Nuits-Saint-Georges, the enterprise operates both as a boutique micro-négociant and a domaine estate, having expanded significantly with the acquisition of the historic Domaine Maume in Gevrey-Chambertin in 2012. Marchand, an early vanguard of biodynamic and organic viticulture in Burgundy during his tenures at Comte Armand and Domaine de la Vougeraie, collaborates closely with resident winemaker Mark Fincham. Together, they farm their estate plots organically and biodynamically, while sourcing rigorously from partner growers across premier and grand cru sites in the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune. In the cellar, vinification emphasizes ambient yeasts, calculated whole-cluster inclusions, restrained extraction, and sensible oak élevage to safeguard fruit transparency and energetic mineral tension. Benchmark cuvées include their Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru, Musigny Grand Cru, and terroir-expressive Premier Crus from Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée, and Puligny-Montrachet.