Vieilles Vignes Rouge
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, grilled pork chops, wild mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic village of Chassagne-Montrachet, where red wines once dominated the landscape before Chardonnay took center stage, Jean-Marc Pillot's Vieilles Vignes Rouge is a beautiful tribute to the region's traditional heritage. Sourced from old Pinot Noir vines deeply rooted in clay-limestone soils, this cuvee benefits from the natural concentration and complexity that only mature vines can deliver. Pillot employs traditional Burgundian vinification with partial destemming and careful temperature control, followed by aging in French oak barrels. The result is a red Burgundy of exceptional purity, showcasing vibrant red berry fruit, earthy undertones, and a refined, mineral-driven structure characteristic of the Cote de Beaune.
🍾 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
13% - 13.5%