Alain & Julien Guillot

Alain & Julien Guillot

Les Crays Bourgogne Rouge Gamay 2020

Timothy Eustis
9.1

Les Crays is Pinot Noir, says server. The vineyard is only Pinot but it presents as gamay with that wild flavor. A pretty version and nice finish. Excellent. — 8 months ago

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Domaine Des Vignes du Maynes (Julien Guillot)

Cuvée Léandre l'Homme Lion St. Veran Chardonnay

Dazzling. 43 months elevate, purportedly declassified Pouilly-Fuisse. Very minerally but fat, wonderful texture. Taught and bracing. — a year ago

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Domaine Des Vignes du Maynes (Julien Guillot)

Cuvée "AUGUSTE" Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2019

Xmas day 2022. Opened for grandma. Perfumed nose w rose petals, sweet berries, orange rind.

100% Pinot Fin, extremely rare massale selection from 1964. From the walled vineyard (Clos) of six hectares, 2 ha of this comprises the Pinot Noir for the Cuvée Auguste. It is blessed with a hard limestone soil with pearl slabs called aragonitic limestone. Yield is a scant 20 hl/ha. Semi-carbonic whole-cluster fermentation with cold pre-fermentation, natural yeasts, no SO2, no chaptalisation or enzymes. Matured in barrels, no racking. Assembled in a large vat 40 days before bottling. Bottled using nitrogen, no filtration.
“Bursting with aromas of peonies, orange rind, sweet berries, plums and rose petals, the 2019 Bourgogne Rouge Cuvée Auguste is medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with lively acids and a perfumed core of fruit that's framed by melting tannins. While this cuvée sometimes behaves erratically in the cellar, Guillot assures me that more attention to detail when racking and the use of a new, in-house bottling line will help to improve consistency. Today, this is certainly a beautiful wine, the most delicious Cuvée Auguste I've tasted.” William Kelley, WA 91
— 3 years ago

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