Chanterêves is the micro-négociant project based in the Hautes Côtes of husband-wife team Tomoko Kuriyama and Guillaume Bott. Both trained in oenology—Tomoko in Germany, Guillaume in Burgundy—and met during harvest at Simon Bize, where Guillaume is still cellar master. Their shared love of purity and restraint in wine led naturally to a partnership. “We both like purity and elegance,” says Tomoko. “We don’t like massive wines.” They make wine by infusion, not extraction, letting the fruit steep gently in its own juice, more like tea than soup. The results are delicate, subtle, and quietly expressive. As The Feiring Line put it, wines of infusion “wash over you like a breeze instead of a heat blast.”

From the northern edge of Nuits-Saint-Georges, “Les Tuyaux” grows on pale, stony soils with surprising depth—an ideal setting for whole-cluster pinot noir. Open and fragrant, the nose has notes of blackberry, plum skin, and crushed violets. On the palate, it’s both juicy and detailed—spiced red and black fruit layered with orange zest, gentle tannin, and a whisper of forest floor. The structure is solid yet transparent, with a long, lifted finish that speaks to both site and hand.