Domaine Billard-Gonnet
Appellation: Côte de Beaune
Proprietor: Philippe Billard-Gonnet
Year Founded: 1766
Size: 10 hectares
Wines:
Varietal/Blend: Chardonnay
Vineyard Area: From a .12-hectare parcel on the southern end of the appellation adjacent to Pommard
Soil: Limestone and marl
Exposure: East-southeast
Vinification: Traditional vinification starting with a manual harvest and pressing of grapes. The juice ferments in barrel and where malolactic conversion occurs.
Maturation: Up to 18 months in 228-liter oak barrels (1/3 in new oak, 1/3 in barrels of one previous wine and 1/3 older barrels)
Varietal/Blend: Pinot Noir
Vineyard Area: From two parcels, each 50 years old, one below the village of Pommard and the other on the East side of the RN74
Soil: Clay-limestone
Vinification: Traditional vinification starting with a manual harvest, 100% de-stemming of grapes followed by a 15-day fermentation and maceration period in wood vats with usually just one punch-down and no pump-overs.
Maturation: Up to 18 months in 228-liter oak barrels (1/3 in new oak, 1/3 in barrels of one previous wine and 1/3 older barrels)
Marketing Materials:
Varietal/Blend: Pinot Noir
Vinification: Traditional vinification starting with a manual harvest, 100% de-stemming of grapes followed by a 15-day fermentation and maceration in wood vats
Maturation: Up to 18 months in 228-liter oak barrels (1/3 in new oak, 1/3 in barrels of one previous wine and 1/3 older barrels)
Varietal/Blend: Pinot Noir
Vineyard Area: From a 1.5-hectare parcel of densely planted forty-year-old vines located directly behind the winery
Exposure: Southeast
Vinification: Traditional vinification starting with a manual harvest, 100% de-stemming of grapes followed by a 15-day fermentation and maceration in wood vats
Maturation: Up to 18 months in 228-liter oak barrels (1/3 in new oak, 1/3 in barrels of one previous wine and 1/3 older barrels)
Marketing Materials:
Varietal/Blend: Pinot Noir
Vineyard Area: From a small parcel of densely planted 60-year-old vines located just north of the village, mid-slope above Les Epenots
Vinification: Traditional vinification starting with a manual harvest, 100% de-stemming of grapes followed by a 15-day fermentation and maceration in wood vats
Maturation: Up to 18 months in 228-liter oak barrels (1/3 in new oak, 1/3 in barrels of one previous wine and 1/3 older barrels)
Marketing Materials:
Varietal/Blend: Pinot Noir
Vineyard Area: From three parcels totaling .75 hectare planted in 1950
Soil: Clay-limestone
Vinification: Traditional vinification starting with a manual harvest, 100% de-stemming of grapes followed by a 15-day fermentation and maceration in wood vats
Maturation: Up to 18 months in 228-liter oak barrels (1/3 in new oak, 1/3 in barrels of one previous wine and 1/3 older barrels)
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