Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, grilled salmon, mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot's Bourgogne Pinot Noir represents a beautiful gateway into the red wines of the Côte de Beaune. Historically, the village of Chassagne-Montrachet was renowned primarily for its Pinot Noir rather than its now-famous Chardonnay, a legacy that the Pillot family honors with meticulous care. This wine is sourced from carefully managed parcels featuring classic clay-limestone soils. Pillot employs traditional vinification with partial or total destemming, followed by aging in French oak barrels with a very low proportion of new oak. This gentle approach preserves the bright, crunchy red berry fruit, subtle earthy undertones, and vibrant acidity characteristic of classic, terroir-driven Burgundy.
🍾 About the Producer
Tracing its viticultural heritage to Jean-Baptiste Pillot in 1910, Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot is anchored in the revered limestone-clay soils of Chassagne-Montrachet. Jean-Marc took the helm in 1991, shifting away from selling fruit to négociants toward crafting expressive, domaine-bottled wines, joined in recent years by his son Antonin. Today encompassing approximately 12 to 15 hectares across Chassagne, Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault, and Santenay, the estate practices organic vineyard cultivation with rigorous soil plowing, yield control, and hand harvesting. Whites are pneumatically pressed as whole clusters, fermented with native yeasts, and matured on fine lees for 12 months in French oak barrels (around 30% new) before spending six months settling in stainless steel. The estate notably maintains an unusually strong commitment to red Chassagne-Montrachet alongside pristine Premier Cru whites, headlined by the benchmark, centenarian-vine Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru Les Vergers 'Clos Saint Marc'.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir
🍷 ABV
12.5-13.5%