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Domaine Joannes Violot-Guillemard Bourgogne Côte d’Or ‘Maison Dieu’ 2019

Pinot Noir from Pommard, Côte du Beaune, Burgundy, France

$92

$88ea in any 3+
$84ea in any 6+
Closure: Cork

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Maison Dieu is the name of an actual lieu-dit situated in Pommard but Violot chooses to employ the term cuvée anyway; in the period prior to 1937 this well-situated parcel was declared as Pommard rather than Bourgogne


“Ripe aromas of red berries, plum and plenty of earth lead to voluminous and very rich middle weight flavors that possess a seductive texture before concluding in a clean, refreshing and only mildly rustic finale.”
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Why is this Wine so Yummy?

Want to deep dive into the Village of Pommard? Check the Wine Bites Mag article “Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 6 – The Reds of Pommard from the Côte de Beaune”

About Thierry Violot-Guillemard

Importer, Euan’s story of discovering this 5th generation Domaine is one of Serendipity. After too many stays in bland hotels visiting Burgundy a local suggested staying at Thierry and Estelle’s B&B. Eventually, the question was raised “When are you going to try our wines?” Well Euan’s reaction was the same as mine after my first taste a set of 2016 & 2017 Premier Crus: Rugien, Epenots, Platiere, Derriere Clos St Jean … How much can I have? The wines are delicious. Divine perfumes and stunning tannin’s that are fine, plush and beautifully played. Great harmony across the full set of wines. Vineyards back to 1936.

These wines are a revelation!

There is often a misconception that wines from Pommard are brutish, structured and will need decades to even be approachable. Like most things in life, mass generalisation does no one any favours. Thierry’s wines drink beautifully as a young Burgundy, as always the metamorphisis that occurs with great Burgundy requires patience.

I have been an admirer of Domaine Thierry Violot-Guillemard since I discovered their wines by chance as a student, and while this small six-hectare estate still flies under the radar, it’s only a matter of time until it becomes better known. Classical winemaking, sometimes incorporating a percentage of whole cluster, followed by long élevage, is the order of the day, Thierry Violot-Guillemard emphasizing that he makes his wines exactly as his father did. His son Joannes, who now takes an active role at the domaine, has refined some of the cooperage choices while happily remaining true to the house style. Readers who admire age-worthy, complex Côte de Beaune reds should beat a path to this address. 

William Kelley

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In the Vineyard

Thierry Violot was excited to announce that he had signed a lease for 1.6 ha of vineyards that will be effective with the 2021 vintage. The lease includes 1 ha of Pommard “Arvelets”, Volnay “Les Brouillards” in both villages and 1er plus a parcel of Chassagne “Blanchots-Dessus”. This addition will push the vines under cultivation to almost 8 ha.

Great wines can only come from the best grapes. This is why I take such great care in tilling my land. My vineyards have been under organic management since 1999.

As a proud successor of my ancestors’ heritage, I want to keep my terroir healthy so its quality can be appreciated in each of my wines.

The way I make my wine truly reflects my terroir: no yeasting, no reverse osmosis, not too many technical interventions, and not too much wood so as not to alter the taste of the wine.

I love the delicacy and the elegance, the ageing chardonnay, the distinctive pinot and above all, the fun!

Thierry

In the Winery

So … blah blah blah, grapes come in wine comes out blah blah blah. Hard to know really what’s going on from a technical perspective without having more of a chat with the crew in the winery. Two things are clear the philosophy is about restraint and expression of fruit and whatever is happening in the vineyard is working. Thierry is slowly transitioning responsibility to his son Joannes and we hear that a few things are shifting subtly. With fruit like this it will be fascinating to watch the evolution of the Domaine.

The 2019 Vintage at Thierry Violot-Guillemard

The 2019 vintage of Domaine Thierry Violot-Guillemard—which will, in fact, appear under a new label foregrounding the involvement of Thierry’s son, Joannes, in the family enterprise—is the finest I have ever tasted at this address. Appreciable percentages of whole clusters have been deftly handled and married with intelligent cooperage choices to deliver wines with aromatic profiles more reminiscent of the Côte de Nuits’ finest addresses than any outdated stereotypes of burley and resolutely terrestrial Pommard. Perfumed, seamless and penetrating, this is a brilliant set of wines, and I can’t recommend them warmly enough. Joannes, my near-contemporary, surely isn’t lacking in self-confidence, but anyone who tastes his 2019 portfolio will have to concede that it’s merited.

William Kelley

Thierry announced that he has chosen to retire in favor of his son Johannes, who will now take over the responsibility for all aspects of the domaine even though Thierry will be there to help and advise if asked. The younger Violot did the vinification for the 2019 reds though he was stuck in a traffic jam at the time of my visit and thus Thierry filled in, noting that “we picked from the 10th of September and brought in super clean fruit, though unfortunately not much of it. Yields for the pinot were no more than 30 hl/ha and the chardonnay really got hammered and barely gave us 20 hl/ha. We used between 40 and 100% whole clusters and had no problem with the vinifications. I’m really happy with the quality and even happier for Johannes that he had such an excellent vintage for his first.” I asked after the Derrière St. Jean and it was explained that it will now be bottled only in magnum and as such was not presented. All of the 2019 reds were bottled in December 2020. 

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Where in the World is Thierry Violot-Guillemard?

Domaine Thierry Violot-Guillemard is based in Pommard holding incredible parcels of old vines. They have additional holding in Meursault, Monthelie, Beaune. In recent times parcels under lease have been added from Pommard, Chassagne-Montrachet and Volnay.

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86 Points

Ripe aromas of red berries, plum and plenty of earth lead to voluminous and very rich middle weight flavors that possess a seductive texture before concluding in a clean, refreshing and only mildly rustic finale. Drink 2023+

Allen Meadows, Burghound

Where in the world does the magic happen?

Violot-Guillemard Thierry EARL, Rue Sainte-Marguerite, Pommard, France

Pommard
Côte du Beaune
Burgundy
France