{"id":4168,"date":"2021-08-12T16:51:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T08:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terroirsense.com\/?p=4168"},"modified":"2021-08-13T12:07:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T04:07:26","slug":"what-am-i-drinking-now-pernot-belicard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terroirsense.com\/en\/p\/4168.html","title":{"rendered":"What am I Drinking Now? Pernot Belicard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pernot Belicard 2017 Bourgogne C\u00f4te d\u2019Or<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Domaine Pernot Belicard is a name to remember because it will soon be included among the top names for white wine in all of Burgundy. The Pernot part is Philippe Pernot, grandson of Paul Pernot, a legendary producer in Puligny-Montrachet. Philippe started in the family cellars at a young age, so even though he is still a young man, he has plenty of experience\u2014not to mention a superb teacher\u2014behind him. Belicard is his wife\u2019s family name and with their marriage came the vineyards, which had been in the family for decades. Prior to their marriage, the family either sold grapes or leased their vineyards. In 2008, Philippe took over his in-laws\u2019 domaine and used those grapes for his wines. He is letting the leases on the other\u00a0family vineyards expire so he can increase production in the future. Eventually, he should inherit some of his own family\u2019s vineyards too, expanding Pernot-Belicard even further. Given the quality of his wines, that is good news for consumers.<\/p>\n

The Pernot Belicard domaine is small, only 4.5 hectares, and, at this stage, produces only about 30,000 bottles of white wine. The vineyards are mostly in Puligny-Montrachet, where he has seven plots that he blends to achieve a harmonious expression of a village Puligny-Montrachet. In some vintages he bottles an exceptional Puligny-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes from one of the plots. He also has small parcels in three of that village\u2019s Premier Crus: Champ Gain, Champ Canet, and Perri\u00e8res. All three of his Puligny Premier Crus are chiseled, distinct and reflect their respective sites. He also has vines in Meursault from which he makes a spectacular Meursault Vieilles Vignes and a stunning Meursault Les Perri\u00e8res-Dessous. He produces a small amount of elegant white Beaune Premier Cru from the from Pertuisots. With the 2018 vintage, Philippe added a little Aligot\u00e9 and additional village Puligny-Montrachet from his family\u2019s holdings.<\/p>\n

The grapes for this 2017 Bourgogne C\u00f4te d\u2019Or come from six plots totaling 2.3 ha on the lower portion of the slope just outside of the boundary of the Puligny-Montrachet village appellation. With the 2017 vintage, Philippe opted to use the new regional appellation, Bourgogne C\u00f4te d\u2019Or to indicate that all the grapes came from vineyards within the C\u00f4te d\u2019Or as opposed to the broader labeling, Bourgogne Blanc, which encompasses vineyards throughout all of Burgundy.<\/p>\n

The grapes for the 2017 Bourgogne C\u00f4te d\u2019Or, like all his grapes, are hand-harvested. Half of the juice is fermented and aged in older oak barrels\u2014the other half in stainless steel tanks. He performs no batonnage<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and, in keeping with his low-intervention philosophy that the wine should reflect the site, he explains that the wine determines when the malolactic occurs\u2014sometimes in November, sometimes in January. If necessary, he performs a soft fining and filtration before bottling. Pernot Belicard\u2019s firm and mineral-y 2017 Bourgogne C\u00f4te d\u2019Or displays good depth and definition, punching far above its weight category. With exceptional length and stature rarely seen in a regional wine, it delivers more enjoyment that many producers\u2019 Puligny-Montrachets. And\u2014at half the price (roughly USD 30). Drink now and over the next five years.<\/p>\n

Since all of Pernot-Belicard\u2019s 2017s are top-notch, I recommend buying whatever you can find and afford. He also succeeded admirably with the 2018s by harvesting early, the end of August, to capture the acidity, which makes those wines easy to recommend as well. I highlight this 2017 Bourgogne C\u00f4te d\u2019Or because it takes real talent to make a sensational wine from less exalted terroir\u2014and it\u2019s a bargain.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael introduces Pernot Belicard 2017 Bourgogne C\u00f4te d\u2019Or for those Burgundy lovers.
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