The new generation: Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits
We’re pleased to welcome two young Burgundians; good friends who are each in the process of taking over family domaines from their parents.
Edouard Confuron joined the family business, Domaine Confuron-Gindre in Vosne Romanee in 2014, after a stint with Newton-Johnson in South Africa.
Joannès Violot will formally take over from his father at Domaine Violot-Guillemard this year, having already been working with his father at the domaine for several vintages.
Both arrive on the scene amongst unprecedented interest in the wines of this classic corner of ‘God’s Own Terroir’. And now, even in Burgundy, all the kids speak English having worked in Anglophone vineyards and learned that there is some form of life beyond Beaune or Dijon. As such, they are keen to travel and present their wines beyond their own cellar doors.
Domaine Violot-Guillemard is an organic estate, based in Pommard. There are a few wines from Beaune, Volnay and Meursault but most of the wines are from Pommard, including the two great terroirs of the village, the Premier Crus Les Rugiens and Les Epenots.
Domaine Confuron-Gindre are based in Vosne-Romanée, with a few wines from Nuits St Georges and Gevrey Chambertin, but predominantly wines from Vosne, including the Premiers Crus Brûlées, Beaumonts and Chaumes and the Grand Cru Echezeaux.
We will taste:
2016 Bourgogne Blanc, Domaine Confuron-Gindre
2016 Beaune Blanc Montagne St Désiré, Domaine Violot-Guillemard
2017 Pommard En Brescul Domaine Violot-Guillemard
2017 Nuits St Georges Domaine Confuron-Gindre
2016 Pommard 1er Cru La Platiere Domaine Violot-Guillemard
2016 Vosne Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes Domaine Confuron-Gindre
2015 Pommard 1er Cru Les Arvelets Domaine Violot-Guillemard
2015 Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens Domaine Violot-Guillemard
One more wine to be confirmed from Domaine Violot-Guillemard
2015 Vosne 1er Cru Brûlées Domaine Confuron-Gindre
2015 Vosne 1er Cru Beaumonts Domaine Confuron-Gindre
2014 Echezeaux Grand Cru Domaine Confuron-Gindre
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