Bitouzet-Prieur, Pinot Noir, Bourgogne Rouge, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France 2023 women-winemaker 5% Carignan

5% Carignan

cooked in a conical earthen oven

followed by refreshing flavors of wild strawberry

Justin Willett’s winemaking philosophy emphasizes creating wines that express the true character of their terroir with elegance and balance

he had an opportunity to learn how to distill grain whisky in a Coffey still firsthand from craftsmen at James Calder in Bo'ness in 1919

Bitouzet-Prieur, Pinot Noir, Bourgogne Rouge, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France 2023 women-winemaker 5% CarignanBitouzet Prieur's precise, poised Bourgogne Rouge comes from a single vineyard a lieu dit called Petit Prs situated immediately below village level Volnay turf on the slope. With no new wood, it presents its carefully rendered fruit in a straightforward and appealing fashion, albeit with an attractive underlying spice tinged minerality.