OFFER

Society			François PARENT

Appellation		BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR

Vintage	 		2000

Grape-variety    	 	PINOT NOIR 100 %

Colour	    	 	RED

Price				5.10 € per bottle instead of 6.60 €
				ex-cellars

Please note  : If you work as an agent or a wine broker you have to add your commission and we can re-print the offer with the increase.

Quantities			500 cases per 12 bottles, say
6000 bottles if there is a market…

SPECIFICATION SHEET

Generalities : Total  red  “Bourgogne” ,  represent  in 
appellation  BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR
816 Ha 83  ares  25 ca,
issue from all different villages of Burgundy
and shared by a lot of domaines

See = ATLAS des Grands Vignobles de Bourgogne from Sylvain PITIOT and Pierre POUPON

Our Domaine :   for this appellation we manage about  0 Ha 74 ares 22 ca,
( so a little more than Half one hectare = that is  about 2 acres) 
located in the area of POMMARD,

The vinification is made by François - and the wines are sold 

•	for a part under the label of François (because he received  some vineyards from his family)

•	for a part under the label A.F. GROS (we have bought a vine in 1985)

History : – our vines are located under the village of Pommard.

Last century, those lands were “Pommard “appellation.

After 1936, the cadastre =  (cadastre means the 
 exact area of each appellation)  has been changed.
The limits of Pommard area  has been reduced  in 1936 and all vines under the village,(in limit of 74th national road,) has been declassified  in generic Bourgogne  - question of law at that period !

Of  course, and  as you can imagine the quality of those lands is delicious and  more deep than we can find usually  ……
the wines issues from those area are often much better than traditional
Generic Bourgogne , ….and you understand why….. : in the past the vines were Pommard appellation.

TODAY IN FACT
when some vines from this place are sold, their price is much over usually than in the other village for a generic appellation.

Technical  notes: 
VINIFICATION  =         	100 % Pinot noir     
  				Hand picking
Harvest is  completely destemed. 
Cold maceration ( at 12 degrees cc) and only pumping-over (the must) at this level for a period of about 5 days.
This job is important to extract colour and perfume  (the skin give colour and depend of the contact between juice and skin) …. If immediate press,
we obtain a white wine
Then normal fermentation during 10 to 15 days
(depend on the vintage, and the quality of the grapes)
        Press by pneumatic press.

MATURING IN BARRELS 
- For a period of 10 months, the wines are stocked
in big tanks to  preserve aromas. The second fermentation is during this period
- Then after we used to put the Bourgogne Pinot Noir  in barrels (new barrels, or barrels of one wine)…. to find and give vanilla notes and soft tannins.

We let on the lees in fact a long time, because the wines eat their lees and become round and fat.

That is to develop aromas and fruits and to get a fleshy wine.

Bottling after 15 to 18 months.