Mischief and Mayhem Aloxe-Corton Les Caillettes AOC, 2018

Spicy and cola aromas precede a palate with lots of ripe fruits, raspberry, red berries and prune. It is smooth in texture with a supple mid palate, good weight and well balanced. The vanilla oak notes integrate deliciously with the fruit finishing with lingering cherry menthol flavours. Produced from a small parcel of 36-year-old Pinot Noir vines adjoining Michael and Fiona’s house in Aloxe-Corton: “Les Caillettes.” This was the original plot purchased by Mischief and Mayhem making them domaine owners. Grapes were handpicked on September 5, 2018, sorted and vinified in open-top fermenters using 25% whole bunches. It was matured for 16 months in one-year-old French oak and bottled on May 18, 2020.