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Throwback Red Burgundy
Throwback Red Burgundy
by Tom Wolf by Tom Wolf
2019 Bourgogne Rouge
2019 Bourgogne Rouge
Vincent Guillemot
Domaine Pierre Guillemot France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
I wish you could have seen me when Monsieur Guillemot filled his pipette from a barrel of this black Pinot and squirted it into my glass. My eyes bugged out, then I smelled it, tasted it, and started a victory dance in his cellar. ‘‘I want it all,’’ I said. This was early after the harvest and I asked if any of his other clients had tasted it. No, no one else knew that he had, for the first time, vinified a Bourgogne rouge.
“Well, then,” I said, “no one will even know what they’re missing if you sell it all to me.” He looked puzzled, trying to find a flaw in my logic.
—Kermit in the June 2005 newsletter
Almost two decades after Domaine Pierre Guillemot blew Kermit away with its Bourgogne rouge, this Savigny-lès-Beaune-based domaine—and this wine—continue to embody the qualities that enchant and thrill us most about Burgundy.
The incredibly affable and down-to-earth Vincent and Philippe Guillemot, who lead the domaine today, continue to prize pure, soulful, and elegant Pinot Noir above all else. Every cuvée, from the domaine’s “entry-level” Bourgogne rouge all the way through its grand cru Corton, stands as a testament to its terroir, around the village of Savigny-lès-Beaune.
This Bourgogne rouge delivers the Guillemots’ highly dinstictive and alluring house style, characterized by ambrosial aromas and flavors of perfectly ripe berries, blood orange, earth, and spices. Its gorgeous personality, versatility at table, and value, place it in that loftiest of categories: this is the kind of red wine you should always have on hand.
Vincent Guillemot
Wine Type: | red |
Vintage: | 2019 |
Bottle Size: | 750mL |
Blend: | Pinot Noir |
Appellation: | Bourgogne |
Country: | France |
Region: | Burgundy |
Producer: | Domaine Pierre Guillemot |
Winemaker: | Vincent and Philippe Guillemot |
Vineyard: | 32 years, 1.5 ha |
Soil: | Clay, Limestone |
Aging: | Wine is aged in barrel for 18 months and in bottle for 6 months before release |
Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
Alcohol: | 13.5% |
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About The Producer
Domaine Pierre Guillemot
About The Region
Burgundy
In eastern central France, Burgundy is nestled between the wine regions of Champagne to the north, the Jura to the east, the Loire to the west, and the Rhône to the south. This is the terroir par excellence for producing world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
The southeast-facing hillside between Dijon in the north and Maranges in the south is known as the Côte d’Or or “golden slope.” The Côte d’Or comprises two main sections, both composed of limestone and clay soils: the Côte de Nuits in the northern sector, and the Côte de Beaune in the south. Both areas produce magnificent whites and reds, although the Côte de Beaune produces more white wine and the Côte de Nuits more red.
Chablis is Burgundy’s northern outpost, known for its flinty and age-worthy Chardonnays planted in Kimmeridgian limestone on an ancient seabed. Vézelay is a smaller area south of Chablis with similar qualities, although the limestone there is not Kimmeridgian.
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Directly south of the Chalonnaise begins the Côte Mâconnais, which extends south past Mâcon to the hamlets of Fuissé, Vinzelles, Chaintré, and Saint-Véran. The Mâconnais is prime Chardonnay country and contains an incredible diversity of soils.
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Kermit once said...
Kermit once said...
I want you to realize once and for all: Even the winemaker does not know what aging is going to do to a new vintage; Robert Parker does not know; I do not know. We all make educated (hopefully) guesses about what the future will bring, but guesses they are. And one of the pleasures of a wine cellar is the opportunity it provides for you to witness the evolution of your various selections. Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.
Inspiring Thirst, page 171