2021 Domaine Jadot "Clos Vougeot" Grand Cru, Burgundy, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Jadot is the second largest owner within this large and historic Grand Cru. Recent climate change has elevated the stature of the Jadot parcels, with deeper soils capable of retaining moisture and coping with the current annual drought conditions. This is still a wine for aging, with burly tannins and dark fruit and earth flavors, yet in recent years much more elegant and focused. The 2021 vintage was memorable for the extreme

was created by Guillaume and his Australian wife Kelly

a small village 7km southwest of Chablis

more than 60 years later

green pear

Grapes are fully destemmed and gravity fed into vats

but it wasn’t until 1947 that Yves’ grandfather began to produce wine commercially

The results are some of the most exciting and honest wines being produced in Spain today

straightforward and honest winemaking with restrained fruit allowing the qualities of each of the phenomenal sites they work with to shine through

and age-worthiness

it only received two small sulfur additions

but the results convinced him to reject the vast majority as antithetical to Côte Rôtie’s essence

Fermentations concluded with a spontaneous malolactic in stainless-steel