Domaine Pierre Guillemot Corton Le Rognet 2022
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The Land
Most people place the hill of Corton in Aloxe-Corton, but some of its grand cru red wine comes from the Ladoix side. Le Rognet et Corton is one of the best sites in Ladoix, and in the 1930s it became the first Ladoix climat granted grand cru status. The vines grow in iron-rich red clay over ferruginous oolite, a soil that gives Corton its darker fruit, firmer tannin, and the faintly smoky, ferrous edge that sets it apart from the silkier Pinot Noir of nearby Savigny. This is grand cru Pinot Noir from the Côte de Beaune built for the cellar rather than for early charm.
The Wine
Domaine Pierre Guillemot Corton Le Rognet 2022 is 100% Pinot Noir. The grand cru typically sees a high share of whole clusters, up to half in favorable years, compared with about 30 percent across the rest of the range. Fermentation starts after roughly ten days of cool maceration, then the temperature climbs gradually to 32°C, with light pigeage as needed rather than on a schedule. The wine is raised in barrel, about 30 percent new, settles in tank, and is bottled unfined and unfiltered. In past vintages Le Rognet has shown black cherry and red plum, rose petal, woodsmoke, and baking spice over firm, ripe tannin, with a long, ferrous finish. The 2022 season was hot and dry, with the Côte de Beaune receiving roughly half its usual rainfall, but June storms refilled the soils and the crop came in healthy and plentiful. Expect it to need at least a decade.
The People
The Guillemots are Savigny-lès-Beaune people through and through, with family roots in the village going back generations. They began as négociants, until Vincent Guillemot's grandfather decided to farm vines instead: first in the Hautes-Côtes, then tending parcels for Robert Ampeau, then buying Savigny premiers crus. The Corton parcel was bought from Château Bligny. Pierre Guillemot, the domaine's namesake, died in December 2020. Today Jean-Pierre Guillemot works with his sons Vincent and Philippe. They have not used herbicides since the 1980s, farm organically in practice, and hold HVE certification for biodiversity work, planting trees and building habitat for bees and bats. Kermit Lynch imports the wines, and this Corton is the estate's only grand cru.
Food Pairing
Open it with something slow-cooked and deeply savory. Short ribs braised in red wine with carrots, pearl onions, and bacon lardons match the wine's firm tannin and dark fruit. Roast venison loin with a juniper and red wine reduction picks up the ferrous, spicy side. Pheasant roasted with chestnuts and Savoy cabbage is a classic late-autumn Burgundian pairing that lets the floral lift come through. For the cheese board, a ripe Époisses stands up to the structure. This is the bottle to decant for the holiday table and the person who still talks about the best Burgundy they ever had.
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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.
