New Arrivals from Maxime Crotet!
New Arrivals from Maxime Crotet!
Just last week I tasted the newest arrivals from Maxime Crotet and I am excited to share that I think they are some of the most joyous, and not too pricy Burgundies I've had in a long time! A true example of how pure and energetic natural Burgundy is, and at a price that you can open them any night of the week.
Maxime Crotet is a Beaune native that doesn't come from a winemaking family, but grew up surrounded by food and wine. He started his wine career working as a cellar rat for Frederic Cossard of Domaine de Chassorney and worked his way up to right-hand man. After 8 years of working with Cossard, Maxime felt it was time to go off on his own and began a negociant project in 2021. With the challenging vintage, Maxime had to look outside of Burgundy for grapes, sourcing from Beaujolais, Alsace, Jura, and Vaucluse. He harvested everything himself and vinified it in his cellar in Beaune. Everything he works with is organically farmed and produced as naturally as possible. Only native yeast is used for fermentation, and SO2 is only added at bottling to help the wines safely travel to our shores.
Since the 2022 vintage Maxime has been able to make wines from Burgundy! As he now has a few vintages under his belt, Crotet is making wines with a clear style and personality, but sadly somewhat limited quantities. I have secured as much quantity of these wines as I can in hopes that as many of you can enjoy these wines as possible!
-Hanna Krilov Cohen
Please allow until Friday, 2/6 for pick-up and delivery.
All wines discount 10% on case and mixed cases.
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Crotet, Maxime 2024 Bourgogne Aligote Vieilles Vignes
From a single parcel of Aligote planted in the 1940s in the village of Chassey le Camp just southeast of Santenay. Indigenous yeast fermentation in larged used barrels for 10 months. Beautiful notes of lemon and green apple with a...
$38.99
Crotet, Maxime 2024 Bourgogne Blanc Olivia
From two plots, half in Maranges, half in Remigny from vines that are an average age of 45 years. Natural fermentation with indigenous yeast. Aged 10 months in large used oak barrels. A very mineral, citrus Bourgogne blanc with excellent...
$44.99
Crotet, Maxime 2024 VDF Pinot Noir
From Pinot Noir vines in Sainte Marie la Blanche, 10 km south of Beaune where Maxime grew up. The average vine age is 25 years. 12 days of semi-carbonic fermentation with pump overs and some foot trodding, followed by 12...
$34.99
Crotet, Maxime 2024 Bourgogne Rouge
From a plot in Cheilly-les-Maranges from the upper part of the parcel. From an average of 65 year old vines. 30 days of semi-carbonic fermentation with gentle pump overs and some foot trodding, followed by 12 months aging in neutral...
$44.99
Crotet, Maxime 2024 Maranges 1er Cru La Fussiere
From 40 year old vines in 1er cru la Fussiere. 30 days of semi-carbonic fermentation with gentle pump overs and some foot trodding, followed by 12 months aging in neutral oak barrels. A clear step up in concentration and depth...
$64.99
