2017 Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur Volnay Pitures 1er Cru, Burgundy, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Although it hails from a lesser known site than some of the domaines other wines, Franois always serves his Pitures last in the lineup, and for good reason: this cuve offers the sternest, firmest, most elemental sense of structure of all the Volnay premier crus in the cellar. Situated near the Pommard border and adjacent to the fabled Clos des Ducs vineyard, Pitures expresses the broad, sanguine fruit more typically associated with

a slow natural fermentation in oak and stainless steel

it was almost completely lost to the Phylloxera pest in the middle of the 19th century

Clos de Vougeot

When Pascal’s father retired in 1989 it opened the door for Pascal

This wine comes from grapes of contract growers of the local variety Mavrodafni Kefallinia that are cultivated in a traditional way in the zone of Mavrodafni in the peninsula of Paliki with an altitude of 50 - 150 meters

the wine is neither fined nor filtered before bottling

Malolactic fermentation is complete

Growers in the village abandoned winemaking for work in larger cities

Jean-Baptiste moved his family to Gibraltar at the outset of the French Revolutionary War

Gentle gravity pressing ensures delicate extraction

preserves the traditions of their ancestors

showing the finesse of the cooler 2022 growing season