2022 Bitouzet Prieur VolnayBitouzets exemplary Volnay comes from 2. 2 hectares worth of holdings planted between 1961 and 2003 in three sites: Les Petits Gamets, Ez Echards, and the villages level portion of Les Aussy. Aged for 16 months in a modest 10% new oak, it is of a piece with the domaines loftier premier cru cuves, emphasizing impeccable purity of fruit and haunting balance, and underpinned by enough structure to allow for gradual and striking improvement in the cellar.
camphor and balsamic tones and fresh redcurrants
Organically grown
the Hermannshöhle has been revered as the Nahe‘s top-ranked site and the benchmark by which all other vineyards in the region are judged
The wine is dark red in colour
which you’ll find before sipping into flavors of grapefruit
Sauvignon Blanc and a skosh of Muscat) but we’ve now added Kerner
We approach this wine like we do our others
Ready-to-drink and individually portioned
are macerated with the skins for seven to 10 days
underlin- ing the deep mineral streak that runs through all of Rollin’s red wines
a fact that Jefferson would undoubtedly have appreciated
A perfect companion for drinks served where jazz is played and garters are de rigueur