Domaine Billard-Gonnet

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)

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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)

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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)

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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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