2021 Domaine Blain Gagnard Pommard, Burgundy, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Pommard comes from just 1 acre of two village level climats that lie on the Volnay side of the village: La Croix Planet and Les Combes Dessous. Average vine age is 35 to 45 years old. The wine is aged for 18 months in used Burgundian pice. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Domaine Blain Gagnard was formed in 1980 when Jean Marc Blain (a Sancerrois) married Claudine Gagnard, youngest daughter of Jacques and Marie Josphe Gagnard of Domaine Gagnard

Patrick and his wife Arlette (the business whiz of the family)

Vintage rated as VERY GOOD by the DOC Rioja Board

this yeast is a laboratory product made in Holland from a tomato base

and ultimately negate the use of chemical herbicides

the grapes are whole bunch pressed and fermented in 350-litre oak barrels

Age of vines 20 - 30 years

Of the estate’s 15 hectares of vines

Raphael took over the Coche family business and has proudly continued the tradition

” On the Saint-Émilion hillside sloping gently down to the Dordogne River

with the precise objective of the qualitative selection in the vineyard and in the winery rigor productive

which is known for producing especially small berries

with demand greatly outpacing their artisan-scale production