Bitouzet-Prieur, Pinot Noir, Bourgogne Rouge, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France 2023 women-winemaker Justin Willett’s winemaking philosophy emphasizes

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

This cuvée has been made since the beginning of Domaine du Pélican

which outlawed the sale of liquor in America

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 Justin Willett’s winemaking philosophy emphasizesBitouzet 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.