Eric Boigelot Bourgogne Cote d’Or Les Millerands 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Century-old vines of Maria Gomes

Century-old vines of Maria Gomes and Bical rooted in Bairrada's limestone-rich soils yield wines of remarkable lightness and mineral grip

Tension and restraint are the house signature

with a small portion in tonneau to round out the texture

but here they show the other side of the region

Eric Boigelot Bourgogne Cote d’Or Les Millerands 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Century-old vines of Maria GomesEric Boigelot farms a small patchwork of parcels across Volnay and Pommard, working organically and bottling tiny lots that rarely make it far beyond Burgundy. This Bourgogne Cote d'Or comes from Les Millerands, a lieu dit on the slopes just below the village level old vines, low yields, and the same gentle handling Boigelot gives his 1er Crus. The wine is unmistakably Cote de Beaune Pinot: red fruited, savory, lightly spiced, with the kind of cut and