Maison En Belles Lies

France

Aug 4

Pierre Fenals

After a long professional life in the fashion and garment industry in Paris, Pierre decided to follow his heart and moved to Burgundy to become a winemaker.

As is the way with biodynamics, the universe conspired to introduce Pierre to Rudolf Steiner through happenstance. He bought one of Steiner’s book on a whim at a Parisian flea market and thus began his journey from cloth to vine. This path included raising cows (to learn farming biodynamically) and “interning” with Trapet, Lapierre, and Emmanuel Giboulot. In 2002 he purchased his first 2.5 hectares of vines in Maranges and in the Haute Côtes de Beaune.

Pierre’s winery is located in Saint-Aubin and he now also rents and owns vines in Santenay, Monthelie and Corton including a plot of Le Corton itself.

As for the name Belles Lies, it derives from a practice developed by 17th century monks who would dry their barrels and rub them with the lees from the vintage. A fitting technique for a vigneron who is yielding pure, traditional translations of place.

CUVÉES

“L’Etrange”

**Region:** Burgundy
Grape: Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chardonnay
**Vineyard Size:** 19.80 hectares
**Soil:** limestone, clay
**Average Age of Vines:** 60 years
**Farming:** biodynamic
**Harvest:** by hand
**Winemaking:** direct press, 10 day spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** 14 months in old oak
**Fining:** none
**Filtration:** none
**Added S02:** none

Bourgogne Blanc Aligoté

**Region:** Burgundy
Grape: Aligoté
**Vineyard Size:** 12 hectares
**Soil:** clay, limestone
**Average Age of Vines:** 30 years
**Farming:** biodynamic
**Harvest:** by hand
**Winemaking:** direct press, 10 day spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** 14 months in old oak and stainless steel, no *bâtonnage*
**Fining:** none
**Filtration:** none
**Added S02:** none

Bourgogne Blanc

**Region:** Burgundy
Grape: Chardonnay
**Vineyard:** plots in Meursault
**Soil:** clay, limestone
**Age of Vines:** 50-60 years
**Farming:** biodynamic
**Harvest:** by hand
**Winemaking:** direct press, 10 day spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** 14 months in old oak and stainless steel, no *bâtonnage*
**Fining:** none
**Filtration:** none
**Added S02:** 15mg/l

Santenay

**Region:** Burgundy
**Grape:** Chardonnay
**Vineyard Size:** 15 hectares
**Soil:** stone, clay
**Average Age of Vines:** 40 years
**Farming:** organic, biodynamic
**Harvest:** by hand
**Winemaking:** direct press, spontaneous fermentation in *barriques* with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** 16 months in *barriques*, *sur lie*, no *bâtonnage*
**Fining:** none
**Filtration:** none
**Added S02:** none

Maranges 1 Cru “Les Clos Roussots”

**Region:** Burgundy
**Grape:** Pinot Noir
**Soil:** clay, limestone
**Vineyard Size:** 19.80 hectares
**Average Age of Vines:** 60 years
**Farming:** biodynamic
**Harvest:** by hand
**Winemaking:** whole cluster, spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** 18 months in neutral oak, *sur lie*
**Fining:** none
**Filtration:** none
**Added S02:** none

Aloxe Corton

Region: Burgundy
Grape: Pinot Noir
Vineyard Size: 0.55 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 65 years
Farming: biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, spontaneous fermentation in 10 year old neutral oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: in 10 year old neutral oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none

Sara Ali

Maison En Belles Lies

CUVÉES

“L’Etrange”

Bourgogne Blanc Aligoté

Bourgogne Blanc

Santenay

Maranges 1 Cru “Les Clos Roussots”

Aloxe Corton

Domaine de l’Ange Vin

Domaine Benjamin Taillandier

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