Louis Jadot Bourgogne Pinot Noir Couvent des Jacobins
Country: France Region: Burgundy
Vintage: 2019
Category: Red Wine Colour: Red Varietal: Pinot Noir
Producer: Louis Jadot
Maison Louis Jadot was founded in 1859 by the man whose name it bears, Louis Henry Denis Jadot. The first of his family arrived in Beaune from Belgium in 1794 and soon began purchasing Premier and Grand Cru vineyards. With grape growing a part of his heritage, Louis Henry set about gaining experience first in the cellars, in the evaluation of wines, and then in the vineyards, in the study of viticulture. As Louis Henry traveled he acquired a faithful clientele, and in 1859 purchased the respected négociant firm of Lemaire-Fouleux and gave the firm his name. After his death, his son, Louis Baptiste Jadot, enthusiastically carried on the work his father had begun. He expanded his export markets as well as his clientele in France, reinvesting his profits in the acquisition of vineyards in some of the finest and most famous Grands Crus and Premiers Crus of the Côte d’Or. In 1939, Louis Baptiste Jadot died and left control of the firm to his eldest son, Louis Auguste Jadot, who had assisted in the direction of the business under his father since 1931. Maison Louis Jadot’s principles of vinification balance tradition and technology, and focus on the purest expression of each wine’s terroir, taking the lightest possible hand in winemaking and a restrained use of oak maturation. For its village level Côte d’Or wines, Jadot practices a further, though expensive, practice called réplis, in which wines of a higher appellation are incorporated into a wine bearing the appellation below them. Maison Louis Jadot places great importance on the restrained use of new oak in the aging process. Time in cask and percentage of new oak is dictated differently by each vintage. In keeping with its non-interventionist philosophy, Jadot considers that very great vintages, complete and harmonious by themselves, require minimum contact with new oak.
A deliciously light and elegant Pinot Noir brimming with red fruit characters and smooth, supple tannins.
Tasting Notes
Louis Jadot Bourgogne Pinot Noir Couvent des Jacobins has aromas of red cherry, cranberry and spice. The palate is dry, soft, silky and medium-bodied with fine grained tannins, mouth-watering acidity and lovely texture and touches of ripe raspberry fruits flavours. Pairs to perfection with duck, seafood and soft cheeses.
Red Wine with grapes selected from different villages of the Côte d’Or and Côte Chalonnaise. 25% of the blend is matured in oak. This wine reflects the Louis Jadot style, being silky textured yet full of plump fruitiness.
