La Mutine - Bourgogne "Les Jus" 2023
La Mutine - Bourgogne "Les Jus" 2023
Clay in the soil, cherry and violet in the glass: the open side of Vézelay.
- Fresh
- Juicy
- Supple
- Direct
- Type
- Red
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir
- Place
- Burgundy, France
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How it tastes
In the glass
The more open, fruit-forward expression of La Mutine's Vézelay Pinot Noir.
Profile
Nose
Brighter red fruit than the Sur Les Roches — fresh cherry, a hint of violet, light earthy undertone. More immediate, more perfumed.
Palate
Supple and round, with a softer tannin structure from the shorter maceration and higher clay content in the soil. Still dry, still precise — but more generous and approachable young.
Finish
Clean and mineral, with a gentle chalky edge and good length.
“The same Vézelay precision, in a rounder, more immediately pleasurable register.”
How to serve
Getting the best out of it
How to pair it
This is a light red
Low tannin, lots of freshness: serve it slightly chilled and pair it almost like a white. No cheese, no fried food.
Match
Flavours that echo the wine.
- Mushrooms and earthy vegetables
- Poultry and white meat (roast chicken)
- Pulses (lentils, beans)
- Grilled meaty fish (tuna, salmon)
Contrast
Opposites that make each other better.
- Cured meats (salame, prosciutto)
- Fatty sausages
Careful with
Combinations that flatten the wine.
- Raw fish
- Very hot chilli
- Heavy stews
Terroir & winemaking
From the vineyard to the bottle
Same vintage, same grape, same domaine as the Sur Les Roches — different plot, different character.
- Vines
- Pinot Noir, estate-grown in Vézelay, Grand Auxerrois.
- Soils
- Clay-limestone — more clay than the Sur Les Roches parcel, giving the wine its rounder texture and more generous fruit expression.
- Farming
- Fully organic, worked by hand and old tractor.
- Cellar
- 8 days whole-cluster maceration — four days shorter than Sur Les Roches, keeping extraction gentle and perfume intact. Aged 22 months in stainless steel.
- Additions
- Minimal sulphur at bottling. No fining, no filtration.
Where it's from · Burgundy, France
Vézelay
Vézelay sits at the northern edge of Burgundy, where the Yonne and Cure valleys meet. The soils are limestone and clay — harder and more austere than the marl-rich soils of the Côte d'Or. The climate is more continental, cooler, with a shorter growing season.
The winemaker · Vézelay, Grand Auxerrois — northern Burgundy, limestone and clay hillsides. AOC since 2017, winemaking history going back to the Cistercians.
La Mutine
Raw northern Burgundy from a limestone hill in Vézelay.
Jean-Paul Pando came to wine through restaurants — years spent between Provence and Bordeaux before deciding he wanted to be on the other side of the bottle. He trained at Domaine Jean-Marc Roulot in Meursault, one of the most precise white wine addresses in Burgundy, and absorbed both the technical rigour and the respect for place that defines Roulot's work.
“La Mutine, c’est une viticulture corps à corps.”
- Style
- Tense, mineral whites and precise, chalky reds. Northern Burgundy clarity — nothing smoothed over.
- Grapes
- Chardonnay, Melon de Bourgogne (whites) · Pinot Noir (reds)
- Farming
- Fully organic, worked by hand and old tractor. Low yields, parcel by parcel.
- Cellar
- Whole-bunch fermentation on reds, direct press on whites. Indigenous yeasts, light sulphur at bottling only. Unfiltered, unfined across the range.
- Signature
- Chalky mineral edge, electric tension, pure fruit. The precision of Meursault training applied to a wilder northern terroir.
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Good to know
Questions we get a lot
Is this a natural wine?
All our wines come from small growers who farm organically or biodynamically and keep intervention in the cellar to a minimum: native yeasts, little or no added sulphites. Every producer has their own approach; the details are in “From the vineyard to the bottle” above.
Why is it a bit cloudy, or is there sediment?
Many of our wines are bottled unfiltered. A light haze or some sediment is natural and harmless: stand the bottle upright for a few hours and pour gently.
How long does it keep once open?
It depends on the wine (see “Once open” above). As a rule: cork back in and keep it in the fridge, reds included.
When will my order arrive?
We ship Tuesday to Saturday, usually right away. In Germany delivery takes 2–3 working days; rates for every country are on our shipping page.
Can I pick up in Berlin?
Yes. Choose pickup at checkout and collect your order at our shop in Berlin.