Jean-Marc Pillot Santenay Rouge 'Les Champs Claude' 2021 Size:750ml 60% Grenache planted in the

60% Grenache planted in the 1950s and 2000s and 40% Syrah from the 1980s are destemmed and vinified separately with wild yeasts in concrete vats over three weeks with periodic pumpovers

This offers penetrating spicy aromatics and intense stoniness on the palate

the Nebbiolo is harvested in mid-October and is fermented separately from the Vespolina

fining and filtration are never employed

it is meditative and subtle rather than showstopping

Jean-Marc Pillot Santenay Rouge 'Les Champs Claude' 2021 Size:750ml 60% Grenache planted in thePillot owns a sizable 1. 4 hectare parcel of Pinot Noir planted in 1970 in this Santenay lieu dit, and his gentle extraction (100% whole clusters, employing only pump overs) and no new oak lvage allow the friendly, juicy red fruit to take center stage over the rusticity typical of this appellation. The wine offers spice drenched flavors of mentholated cherry, with a sense of rippling energy and mouthwatering acidity.