Domaine Rougeot Bourgogne Passetoutgrain "Les Vercheres” 2023
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The Land
Les Verchères is a gentle, east-facing parcel just outside Meursault, rooted in the classic mosaic of clay and limestone that defines the Côte de Beaune. This wine is a coexistence between Pinot Noir and Gamay, grown side by side and harvested together. In 2023, the growing season brought a delicate balance of warmth and freshness, producing fruit with clarity, lifted aromatics, and bright acidity. The soils, rich in minerality yet softly fertile, help to shape a wine that is light in body but deep in charm—a Burgundy meant for the table, not the pedestal.
The Wine
Les Verchères 2023 is vibrant, energetic, and irresistibly drinkable. Crafted from a co-fermentation of Pinot Noir and Gamay, this wine hums with youthful brightness and texture. The fruit is hand-harvested and fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel, capturing the vitality of the vintage with no makeup or pretense. On the nose, it opens with fresh-picked red cherries, crushed raspberries, and a whisper of rose petal. The palate is lithe and juicy, with fine-grained tannins and a gentle, earthy undertone that anchors the fruit. There’s a pulse of limestone running through it, lifting the wine toward a clean, refreshing finish. It’s a wine to pour freely and often—casual in posture, but elegant in execution.
The People
At Domaine Rougeot, Pierre-Henri Rougeot continues to guide the family’s legacy into a new era, blending the lessons of the past with a clear-eyed view of sustainability and minimal intervention. Certified organic and committed to transparent farming, Pierre-Henri approaches each wine—regardless of status or appellation—with the same deliberate care. Les Verchères is no exception. While Passetoutgrain is often overlooked, this bottling is treated with thoughtfulness, allowing the interplay between Pinot and Gamay to shine through in its most honest form. It is, at its heart, a wine of joy and generosity, reflecting the ethos of a vigneron who believes that greatness often lies in the everyday.
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Burgundy, in eastern France, encompasses several subregions, but it is the Côte d'Or that is home to many of the world's most expensive and revered wines. The region, primarily a single east-facing slope, has mixed limestone soils that vary dramatically from village to village and even vineyard to vineyard. White wines, crafted from Chardonnay, range from rich and opulent to lean and intensely mineral, while Pinot Noir produces silky, perfumed red wines of exceptional finesse and complexity. Centuries of winemaking tradition have resulted in every plot being meticulously recognized and scrutinized, making the Côte d'Or a true capital of terroir.
Burgundy - Cote d'Or
Pinot Noir is a thin-skinned, notoriously difficult-to-grow, low-yielding grape that finds its ancestral home in Burgundy, France, where it produces some of the world's most elegant and nuanced wines. While Burgundy remains its spiritual heartland, Pinot Noir has since traveled the globe, finding success in other cooler climates, notably in California, Oregon, New Zealand, and Germany. This grape is a challenge for any grower, as it requires specific conditions to show its best, and yet the wines it produces are capable of such a captivating and singular character.
