Vino Tinto Maison Louis Jadot – Volnay Santenots 1er Cru 2015

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Tasting notes: LOUIS JADOT – VOLNAY SANTENOTS 1ER CRU 2015 RED

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The winery

Be true to nature could be the motto of Maison Louis Jadot, a winery that seeks the character of the grape without makeup. A family of vintners who became traders, but they have always had their hearts in the vineyard.
It was founded in 1859 por Louis Henry Denis Jadot, and it directing from 1992 by Pierre-Henry Gagey, son of André Gagey, who keeps alive the legacy of this bicentennial home from 1954.
The Jadot family left his life in Belgium 1794 Beaune to settle in and become a vintner. In 1826 Compro parcela in the Beaune Clos des Ursulines 1er Cru Vineyards Freiberg, that today is still one of the few monopoles that exist in Bourgogne.
Louis Henry Denis Jadot took advantage of old family origins and bought the commercial rights of the dealer Lemaire-Fouleux to export its wines to northern Europe. Well into the twentieth century, Jean Baptiste was Louis who expanded the family property buying several parcels of Grand Cru, Corton-Charlemagne first and, later, in 1913, He recovered the Chevalier-Montrachet plot of "Les Demoiselles" that had been his grandfather in 1845. The next generation, Guided by Louis Auguste Jadot, He expanded the possibilities for the future by partnering with Rudy Kopf, founder of Kobrand Corporation, Jadot importer in the United States.
In 1954, André Gagey came as a delegate of Louis Auguste and, in 1962, She succeeded him as director. In the years 70 It took two revolutionary decisions: Jacques Lardière hired as winemaker, who introduced the minimal intervention style that characterizes Jadot and established contracts with other wineries to offer their experience. In 1985, Madame Jadot made the decision to sell the company to the family Kopf.
Maison Louis Jadot was born as such in 1985 con la unión Domaine Louis Jadot Heirs, that kept the original properties of the Jadot family, there Domaine Louis Jadot, the new name given Domaine Clair Dau, propietario of parcelas in Gevrey-Chambertin Clos tales como Beza Grand Cru, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru, Musigny Grand Cru, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru in Love, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques there Pernand Vergelesses 1er Cru Stone Cross the Clos.
Its current president, Pierre-Henry Gagey, He has continued to expand the legacy of Maison buying Château des Jacques and 88 ha los Crus Beaujolais 1996, Domaine J.A.. Ferret and 17 ha in Fuissé in 2008, there Domaine Prieur-Brunet, with 18 Having a Santenay, in 2017. It also has exclusive contracts with Domaine du Duc de Magenta and Domaine Gagey.
Ultimately, Louis Jadot controla 240 He has spread between Bourgogne and Beaujolais, of which 225 It has been found in the Côte d'Or. Of the more than 600 localities that exist in Bourgogne, Jadot produces approximately 150.
The winery Jadot headquarters is on the road to Savigny Beaune, and is a building 1997 known as La Sablière. Thatched chestnut wood, It has a circular shape that is replicated in the management of fermentation vessels red. This is where the wines produced and stored during 1er Cru and Grand Cru upbringing. In 2009 It was expanded to accommodate white wines.
Regional appellations are produced in Givry, where Jadot opened in 2008 a second winery, repeating the circular structure of the Sablière, they call Cellier des Pierres Rouges in recognition of the reddish appearance of limestone that dominates the landscape.
Jadot works following the methods of Lardière, the young Frédéric Barnier remains unchanged since succeeded him as chief enologist 2010. The harvest is done manually and with minimal impact during processing, premaceraciones without cold or removing the wort to accelerate fermentation. The temperature rises spontaneously and ends gradually while mixing hat leaves with freshly brewed wine.
Raising reds is done in French oak barrels produced by Cadus, a cooperage founded in 1995 by Jadot. Conducted among children 12 and 18 months to find a balance between complexity, sutilidad and cellaring potential in Grands Crus and 1er Crus. Regional Bourgogne have a fruitier style and raised in stainless steel to preserve its freshness. Raising the chardonnay depends on the style of each region. They clarified before bottling spontaneously, as much, perform a light filter. In this case, is not the style Barnier, neither of Lardière, It is simply the expression of Jadot Bourgogne through.