Wines

Côte de Beaune - Santenay Blanc 1er Cru Les Gravieres

The name Remoissenet for serious collectors stands for refined, classic Burgundy wines. A leading light in Beaune for generations, this 150-year-old estate is now more than ever the definitive source for the finest wines Burgundy has to offer. Crucially, the team at Remoissenet wears two separate yet related hats. The first is as a high-quality, small-batch négociant, maintaining long-term and close relationships with growers up and down the Côte. The second is as a vine- growing estate with an expanding stable of Burgundy’s most lauded vineyards, all cared for fastidiously and according to biodynamic principles.

Technical Specifications
WINEMAKER	Claudie Jobard
ESTABLISHED	1877
REGION	FRANCE • Burgundy • Côte de Beaune • Beaune
APPELLATION	Santenay AOC
BLEND	100% Chardonnay
VINEYARDS	The ‘Gravières’ vineyard faces east/southeast, beween 690 and 780 feet in altitude, near the border with Chassagne-Montrachet. Soils are mostly marl, with some sand.
AGE OF VINES	20-40 years
WINEMAKING	Hand-harvested. Pressed full-cluster; fermented on indigenous yeasts in 228L and 342L French oak barrels (35- 45% new), aged in same barrels.
TASTING IMPRESSIONS	Aromas of white flowers, apple, light honey. Tangy, medium-bodied, bright; flavors of lemons, apple, white peach. Taste wine fleshy, robust and compact, with a good concentration, well balanced, with a long aftertaste sure.
PAIRING SUGGESTIONS	Wine perfectly complement gourmet cuisine, red meat - fried or sauce, game - roasted pheasant, wild boar leg, venison; not very strong mature cheeses: Camembert, Brillat Savarin, Sieve.

France~Burgundy Côte d'Or: Remoissenet Pére & Fils

Remoissenet Père et Fils is a reference point for refined Burgundy wines. This ancient estate, connected by mortar and stone to the medieval walls of Beaune.

Wandering through the 150-year-old estate’s hand-carved cellars is to travel back in time, each cool bottle telling a story of vintages past, wars won, anniversaries celebrated. Yet among these bottled memories are barrels of stories to come: older vines tended according to biodynamic methods, unique terroirs selected with the utmost care and in micro-quantities.

In 2005, Remoissenet started the next chapter in its generations-long history. With new owners and renewed leadership under Pierre-Antoine Rovani (formerly of the Wine Advocate) and Bernard Repolt (Maison Louis Jadot), the estate is bringing more vineyards under its own roof and importantly, raising the qualitative bar for itself and its vine-growing partners across the board.