Parcel: Maison Dieu

Average age of the vines: 70 years

Exposition and soil: The “Maison Dieu” lieu-dit is located just outside of Pommard. Up until 1937 when the Route Nationale RN74 was built and divided the parcel, this vineyard was classified as Pommard AOC. This is a southeast-facing vineyard with optimal sun exposure, and therefore a hot site with an earlier ripening period. The soil consists of limestone with quartz deposits and brown loam.

Vinification: The grapes are brought to the winery where the fruit is cold-soaked for 48 hours, 80% being whole cluster. The tanks are allowed to warm up naturally, slowly beginning the process of fermentation. The wine undergoes pump-overs once a day and piégeage, or punch-downs, twice a day. All of our wines undergo a traditional non-inoculated natural fermentation. The wine is then pressed, post-fermentation, and aged in French oak, 30% being new French oak, for 15 months.

Tasting notes: The wine exhibits velvety, dark fruit with hints of classic Pommard earth and depth, making this wine worthy of its single vineyard designation. Though classified as a Bourgogne Pinot Noir, this wine offers much more complexity and length that its AOC delineation indicates.