A&P De Villaine Bourgogne Rouge Cote Chalonnaise Les Montots 2020 vintage_2017 This produces tiny yields

This produces tiny yields

From 40+ year old vines on south facing slopes

vinification in giant foudres and subsequent elévage in the same casks

and one of the most humble

he and his wife decided to settle down not in the prestigious Côte d’Or but in the significantly less pedigreed back country of the Côte Chalonnaise to the south in the village of Bouzeron

A&P De Villaine Bourgogne Rouge Cote Chalonnaise Les Montots 2020 vintage_2017 This produces tiny yieldsIt might seem a bit surprising that this tiny domaine is so under the radar unless youve met its owner. Aubert de Villaine (the P. is for wife Pamela) is the owner director of the Domaine de la Romane Conti (aka "the domaine"), and one of the most humble, unassuming people Ive ever met in the wine business. His day job involves running the most famous wine estate on the planet which hes been doing since the 1960s when he settled into the family