2020 Volnay, Taillepieds, 1er Cru, Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur, Burgundy
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Pinot Noir
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Product: 20208025377
75 cl Bottle
Description
François’s 0.7 hectares here are brilliantly situated, under Clos d’Audignac and beside De Montille’s parcel. This is deep and profound. There are dark and bitter cherry notes to match the deep colour; the wine is sinewy, even angular, but this is the style here. This is built to last, taking on ever more volume and flesh in barrel. Drink 2028-2045.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Alcohol % 14
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Property Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur
About this wine
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur
Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur – along with current winemaker François – was born of the marriage of Vincent Bitouzet (of Volnay) and Ann Prieur (of Meursault), bringing together two distinguished Burgundian families. The domaine has a red cellar next door to Lafarge (who are distant cousins) and a white cellar in Meursault, with reds making up approximately 60 percent of production. The estate’s notable vineyard holdings include a selection of the finest Premier Cru sites in Volnay and Meursault. The whites are elegant and restrained, rather than being broad-shouldered, old-fashioned Meursault. The reds are de-stemmed, with new oak kept to a modest level.