Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, coq au vin, wild mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
While Domaine Ramonet is globally legendary for its monumental white wines, their red cuvées represent a vital connection to the history of Chassagne-Montrachet, a village that was historically renowned primarily for its Pinot Noir before Chardonnay took center stage. Jean-Claude Ramonet approaches Pinot Noir with the same meticulous precision as his whites, sourcing fruit from carefully tended vines in the Côte de Beaune. The winemaking is deeply traditional, often employing partial whole-cluster fermentation and aging in French oak barrels. This Pinot Noir showcases a beautiful tension between rustic earthiness and vibrant red berry fruit, offering a pure, structured, and elegant expression of Burgundy's signature red grape that honors the estate's multi-generational heritage.
🍾 About the Producer
Established officially in 1930 by patriarch Pierre Ramonet, Domaine Ramonet stands as one of the Côte de Beaune's most revered viticultural benchmark estates. Beginning from humble parcels in Les Grandes Ruchottes purchased in 1934, the domaine expanded its historical holdings across iconic Jurassic limestone and clay marl terroirs in Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet, famously acquiring a prized sliver of Grand Cru Le Montrachet in 1978. Now steered by third-generation vigneron Jean-Claude Ramonet alongside his family, the estate cultivates approximately 17 hectares under sustainable, lutte raisonnée practices with rigorous yield limitation and soil plowing. In the cellar, low-intervention vinification emphasizes gentle pneumatic pressing, native yeast fermentation with minimal racking, and measured oak maturation. Renowned for Chardonnays of astonishing concentration, signature spearmint freshness, and profound mineral tension, Ramonet's benchmark portfolio spans Premier Crus like Clos du Cailleret and Ruchottes, legendary Grand Crus Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet, as well as deeply expressive Pinot Noirs such as Clos de la Boudriotte.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir