Remoissenet Père et Fils, Volnay 1er Cru “Les Chevrets”
Remoissenet Père et Fils, Volnay 1er Cru “Les Chevrets”

Remoissenet Père et Fils, Volnay 1er Cru “Les Chevrets”

Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France 1966 (750mL)
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Remoissenet Père et Fils, Volnay 1er Cru “Les Chevrets”

To say that Remoissenet is a historic négociant would be a gross understatement. My first visit in 2007 with my father was an experience I’ll never forget, and has subsequently led to many return visits. Located in the center of Beaune, Pierre takes you through an iron gate and into a building that instantly transports you back to the medieval ages. That’s just the beginning: You then descend a flight of stairs and the temperature begins plummeting with each step until entering a vast cave below. This is Remoissenet’s cellar, originally built in the 1300s, which connects to the medieval walls of Beaune itself. But the other distinguishing feature (if not already obvious by now) of Remoissenet is its immense, museum-like collection of back-vintage bottlings. We’ve seen them firsthand while strolling through the catacombs with Répolt and Rovani—stacks of dusty “shiner” bottles, a miniature chalkboard hanging from one of the necks with the vintage and vineyard inscribed. And that, my friends, is where today’s ancient offer currently resides. For a wine geek, it’s more exciting than an amusement park ride, especially when you get to pull the cork on and literally taste history. 


Here’s how the offer works: For every bottle sold, Pierre and cellarmaster Bernard Répolt will (1) personally remove every ‘shiner’ from their subterranean wine museum, (2) clean, recork, label, and quality check each one, and (3) top off the winners with more of the same wine. They conduct all of these slow, painstaking measures because Remoissenet is a “merchant of pleasure,” meaning the end goal is to deliver a breathtakingly historic, perfectly enjoyable mature red Burgundy. 


NOTE: These wines will be safely shipped via air freight to our Sonoma warehouse in late September, ensuring that there will be no delays getting the wine to your doorstep in October.


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France

Bourgogne

Beaujolais

Enjoying the greatest wines of Beaujolais starts, as it usually does, with the lay of the land. In Beaujolais, 10 localities have been given their own AOC (Appellation of Controlled Origin) designation. They are: Saint Amour; Juliénas; Chénas; Moulin-à Vent; Fleurie; Chiroubles; Morgon; Régnié; Côte de Brouilly; and Brouilly.

Southwestern France

Bordeaux

Bordeaux surrounds two rivers, the Dordogne and Garonne, which intersect north of the city of Bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The region is at the 45th parallel (California’s Napa Valley is at the38th), with a mild, Atlantic-influenced climate enabling the maturation of late-ripening varieties.

Central France

Loire Valley

The Loire is France’s longest river (634 miles), originating in the southerly Cévennes Mountains, flowing north towards Paris, then curving westward and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantes. The Loire and its tributaries cover a huge swath of central France, with most of the wine appellations on an east-west stretch at47 degrees north (the same latitude as Burgundy).

Northeastern France

Alsace

Alsace, in Northeastern France, is one of the most geologically diverse wine regions in the world, with vineyards running from the foothills of theVosges Mountains down to the Rhine River Valley below.

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