Fixin "Les Crais" 2012 - Domaine Berthaut

Guy Berthaut inherited his father's estate in Fixin as a child and took it over at 18, in 1930. After the Second World War he began bottling under the family name and built a clientele in the United States. In 2013 his granddaughter Amélie, an engineering and viticulture graduate of the University of Bordeaux, inherited the family vines; the estate is now known as Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet.

Les Crais is a single-vineyard Pinot Noir from a parcel of less than 1.5 hectares on clay and limestone soils, first planted in 1946.

Black cherry, lavender, smoke and earthy notes make it a fine match for red meat, vegetables and hard cheeses.