Domaine Roulot, Monthélie Rouge, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France, 2022

Overview of the Wine
Guy Roulot, a legendary producer of some of the finest Meursaults, if not some of the world’s finest white wines, took his family’s small production domaine to stardom. Guy’s marriage to Geneviève Coche and his own hard work added more prime parcels to the family’s holdings, which he vinified and bottled separately – a novelty for a domaine which had been distilling, rather than vinifying, their grapes just a generation before. As a result, Domaine Roulot has become the master of the lieu-dit, not to mention the five premier cru parcels they farm in Meursault and Monthelie. Guy’s sudden death in 1982 left the family in transition, as his son, Jean-Marc was in Paris pursuing a career in acting. A series of three winemakers aided in the changeover until 1989, when Jean-Marc was at last ready to take on the direction of the estate. 

Since then, Jean-Marc’s progress has brought even more notice to a domaine that had already enjoyed a great reputation. The wines of Domaine Roulot are now among the most sought after wines in all of Burgundy.  Jean-Marc has been successful in fine-tuning the domaine’s particular, stand-out style.  While Domaine Roulot had once pioneered the single-vineyard bottlings of Meursault, they were now influencing other domaines to follow suit, thereby raising the stakes in this exalted appellation. What sets the domaine even further apart is Jean-Marc’s commitment to a bright, chiseled, thoroughbred style of Meursault, while many other wines of this village tend towards richness and concentration. Jean-Marc’s wines certainly express a certain depth and sumptuousness thanks to the appellation’s terroir, however his wines also show focus and restraint. Their elegance and amazing precision lend themselves to long aging in the cellars. Jean-Marc loves cooking and believes the strong mineral backbone of his wines and their fresh acidity marry well with food. This is why one is more likely to find their wines in restaurants rather than in wine shops.

Organic and Biodynamic.

Grape / Blend
Pinot Noir

Origin
Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France

Winemaker's Tasting Notes
Made with grapes from two sites containing vines of about 40 years of age. Started with a cold fermentation for 3-4 days, the must is fermented in open top cuves for about 12 days total, with punchdowns and pump-overs as needed. After fermentation, the wine is aged for 12-15 months in 15-18% new oak barrels.

Colour is bright, purple-ruby, nose shows open, Pinot Noir aromas, very fresh. Palate is intensely fruity, with chewy, gentle tannins and appetising aftertaste.

Burghound
Les Gamets et Jouènes; no whole clusters Pretty, cool and airy aromas include those of red and dark pinot fruit, violet and a smoky hint. The delicious and very punchy lighter weight flavors conclude in a chiseled, lightly stony and mildly dusty finale. This is built on its decidedly crunchy fruit and a wine that could easily be enjoyed young or held for 2 to 3 years first in the hopes that better depth will develop.

Product size: 750ml