Cuvee Charlotte Dumay
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 8 to 25 years from the vintage, allowing its robust structure and firm tannins to integrate and reveal complex tertiary notes of forest floor, leather, and spice.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, venison stew, or aged Epoisses cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
This prestigious cuvée carries a rich history dating back to 1584, when Charlotte Dumay, the wife of a King's keeper, bequeathed her valuable vineyards on the legendary hill of Corton to the Hospices de Beaune. Acquired at the annual charity auction and matured with meticulous care by Seguin-Manuel, this Grand Cru is crafted entirely from Pinot Noir. The grapes originate from prized parcels on the limestone-rich slopes of Corton, notably Les Bressandes and Les Renardes. Aged in French oak casks, the wine beautifully marries the natural power, muscular structure, and wild-berry complexity of Corton with Seguin-Manuel's signature elegance and purity of fruit.
🍾 About the Producer
Originally established in Savigny-lès-Beaune in 1824, Domaine Seguin-Manuel was completely revitalized in 2004 when acquired by Thibaut Marion, a tenth-generation vigneron formerly of Chanson Père & Fils. Relocating headquarters and cellars to Beaune, Marion modernized winemaking facilities and assembled a domaine footprint spanning roughly 8.5 hectares across Savigny-lès-Beaune, Beaune, Pommard, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, and Vosne-Romanée, supplemented by a meticulous micro-négociant operation. Vineyard management adheres strictly to certified organic viticulture, utilizing rigorous canopy pruning, plowing to encourage deep root penetration, and deliberate low yields. In the cuverie, fruit is hand-harvested and sorted meticulously, followed by gentle vinification with native yeasts and maturation in fine-grained French oak with restrained new wood usage. Seguin-Manuel's benchmark bottlings—such as Beaune Premier Cru Clos des Mouches, Savigny-lès-Beaune Premier Cru Aux Guettes, and Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru La Garenne—embody classical Côte de Beaune precision, marrying pure red and black fruit profiles or flinty mineral tension with supple, well-integrated structural depth.
🍇 Grapes
100% Pinot Noir