Pernand-Vergelesses

Pairs well with with goat cheese, asparagus and soft cheese.

The team at Remoissenet wear two hats: one, as a high quality, small-batch negotiate, cultivating close relationships with vine-growers up and down the Côte; and two, as a vine-growing estate, with selected vineyards, the majority of which are located in Beaune and Gevrey-Chambertin, cared for according to biodynamic principles. The estate works with its vine-growers in a fashion not usual for France: grapes are purchased not by quantity but by quality, with bonuses offered if quality is exceptional. This ensures that Remoissenet gets the finest grapes, regardless of vintage. At harvest, three sorting tables are used (not to mention hundreds of hands) to ensure only the most pristine fruit makes its way into cellar.

Pressed gently in a pneumatic press and fermented on indigenous yeasts.

Remoissenet Père et Fils was founded in Burgundy in 1877 and was established in a 14thcentury building in Beaune. In recent years, the company was run by larger-than-life Roland Remoissenet for around 30 years, before it was sold and taken over by a consortium including the Milstein brothers from the USA, Halpern Enterprises of Toronto and Louis Jadot, with Bernard Répolt, a veteran of managing several other Beaune houses, in charge. The business is on the lookout for vineyards to acquire.