Domaine Hoffmann-Jayer Bourgogne Passetoutgrain 2020

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Domaine Hoffmann-Jayer Bourgogne Passetoutgrain 2020The domaines Passetoutgrain comprises 50% Gamay and 50% Pinot Noir from 0. 4 hectares worth of vines in the lieux dits Les Mailles in Magny ls Villers and Sous le Mont in Villers sur Faye. The 50 year old vines are harvested together and co fermented in stainless steel after a pre fermentation cold soak, and the wine spends 18 months settling in tank before being bottled without filtration. This is a vibrant, snappy Passetoutgrain with great lift and

Both nose and palate are multilayered and beguiling

but not enough to turn it into a full-bore skin-contact-style white

Based in Volnay this domaine is a tried and true standard bearer for all that is fundamentally good and sound in Burgundy: conscientious and sensitive work in the vineyards

Pillot owns a staggeringly old planting of Pinot Noir—from 1910—in this premier cru widely considered to be the best site for red wine in all of Chassagne-Montrachet

selected at harvest for its quality

Jesús’ vines here are over 150 years old—ungrafted

and tangy acidity

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and the other half was planted in the 1950s

Aging takes place mostly in older demi-muids and each grape variety undergoes the primary stages of the élevage separately

this offers large-scaled but vibrant and well-buffered tannins on its long and penetrating palate

It is composed of 65% Grenache Noir

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