Domaine Guillemot Déjà Vu
by Jane Berg
Beaming with enthusiasm, chef de cave Vincent Guillemot shared that his grandfather Pierre considers the 2017 vintage a dead ringer for his first-ever produced—the celebrated 1947. I wondered how seventy years later he could recall anything with such precision, but a realization struck me: as with any first, how could he forget? If you never get to try a bottle of that mythical vintage, the 2017s may be the next best thing.
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