2024 Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot Montagny Premier Cru Les Gouresses, France Makarounas 2018 Rivers-Marie Summa Vineyards Old

2018 Rivers-Marie Summa Vineyards Old Vines Pinot Noir

grass and all things Western District farming

Only the oldest parcels

all common bedfellows in these classic old California vineyards

The top white cuvée of the domaine

2024 Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot Montagny Premier Cru Les Gouresses, France Makarounas 2018 Rivers-Marie Summa Vineyards OldJean Marc purchases fruit from a friend who owns a parcel of 110 year old vines in this well situated premier cru, and from it he crafts a rich wine that also reflects the cut and stoniness typical of this appellation. Whereas a vigneron of Montagny might have left the wine in cuve, Pillot takes advantage of the concentration resulting from the old vines and ages it entirely in previously used barrels, bottling it after an 18 month levagethe same