2020 Marchand-Tawse Ladoix 1er Cru Les Grêchons et Foutrières
| Type of Wine | White |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | |
| Appellation | Côte de Nuits |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (12.5%) |
| Drink window | 2024 - 2034 |
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Description
Pascal Marchand, Canadian by birth and from Quebec, became known as a 'flying winemaker' in Australia and Chile, but because of his passion for Bougogne and the advice of the legendary Henri Jayer, he came to France in 1983 to actually become a winemaker in his favorite region . He was directly inspired by the young generation of pioneers, who started using organic and biodynamic methods.
The Pascal Marchand-Tawse Ladoix 1er Cru 'Les Grêchons et Foutrières' is a 100% Chardonnay coming from a soil that is very stony and particularly rich in limestone and marl. Ladoix is a lesser known village on the Côtes-de-Beaune, but the 1er Cru Les Gréchons et Foutrierès is located high on the slope adjacent to the famous Grand Cru Corton Charlemagne and is the best cru of Ladoix for white Burgundy. The whole bunches are squeezed, slightly crushed. with alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in barrels, "sur lies" without "batonnage". This Premier Cru Ladoix 'Les Grêchons et Foutrières' is aged for 16 months for 25% in used oak and 75% used oak made from the forests of Tronçais and Allier. The wine only gets a light clarification. This beautiful Premier Cru Burgundy has fresh notes of citrus, red apple and tropical fruit nuances. I and light stony aromas. The taste is well balanced with nice peach and apricot notes with counterbalanced minerality in the finish.
FACT: In the Tab: Annex you will find the official fact sheet of this wine. We will send it to you automatically when you order this wine
Specifications
| Type of Wine | White |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Appellation | Côte de Nuits |
| Winery | Marchand-Tawse |
| Grape | Pinot Noir |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2034 |
| Alcohol % | 12.5 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Vinous rating | 92 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Fruitig, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Mineraal, Rond, Vol, Wit fruit |
| Drink moments | Cadeau!, Lekker luxe, Met vrienden, Open haard, Romantisch |
Professional Reviews
Vinous
(90-92)
Drinking Window
2024 - 2034
From: Dance the Quickstep: Burgundy 2020 (Dec 2021)
The 2020 Ladoix Les Gréchons et Foutrières 1er Cru has a detailed and attractive bouquet with orchard fruit and light stony aromas. The palate is well balanced with lovely peachy, apricot notes with counterbalancing mineralité on the finish. Worth seeking out.
- By Neal Martin on November 2021
“I was born on September 4,” Pascale Marchand told me. “I never thought we would finish a harvest before my birthday.” It came to pass as this Nuit-Saint-Georges-based producer/négociant commenced picking on August 25 in Gevrey-Chambertin and Pommard and finished the day before Marchand's big day. “I think Covid expedited things a little. People just wanted to get the harvest done. The paradox of the vintage is that 2020 does not seem like a hot growing season,” continued head winemaker Mark Fincham. “I don’t think the vineyard ever closed down because there was a lot of rain earlier in the year. In 2018 the heat blocked the growth cycle. You never got that blockage in 2020, and there weren’t the same high temperatures. The fruit was very good, so the vinification was easy. I think there was quite a bit of acidification going on around Burgundy. We did a little. We’ll probably bottle the racked wines in January, others in March and April, the whites in December.” It is good to see Tawse starting to get the kudos they deserve. Their diaspora of holdings between their domaine and négociant range can be a bit disorienting, but there are always exceptionally fine wines to be found, this year crowned by a brilliant Mazoyères-Chambertin that had the audacity to surpass the Musigny. There is plenty on offer down the hierarchy in various appellations, and the wines remain well-priced compared with others.
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Pascal Marchand, Canadian by birth and from Quebec, became known as a 'flying winemaker' in Australia and Chile, but because of his passion for Bougogne and the advice of the legendary Henri Jayer he came to France in 1983 to actually become a winemaker in his favorite region . He was directly inspired by the young generation of pioneers, who started using organic and biodynamic methods.
More information about Merchand-Tawse
The story of the Maison Marchand-Tawse in Burgundy begins with the extraordinary story of Pascal Marchand, the French-Canadian boy prodigy, who took over the reins of the Clos des Epeneaux in Pommard in 1985 at the age of 22. He became an overnight sensation, and is certainly one of the founders of modern Burgundy. But the Clos des Epeneaux is small. And for a young, talented and ambitious winemaker, 15 years was enough. He needed a new challenge. And he found one!
Merchand-Tawce's Approach
Pascal was approached by Jean-Charles Boisset, scion of the family that controls the third largest French wine group, who wanted to create a domain that would be the showcase for the family's other companies. So with the 1999 vintage, the Domaine de la Vougeraie was launched, giving Pascal the management of more than 90 hectares of Burgundy vineyards, from simple regional appellations to Grand Crus. It was the largest creation of a single estate in Burgundy since the end of World War II. And it quickly became a reference for modern Burgundian production. Pascal took the entire domain into organic farming, with a biodynamic approach. It was revolutionary. During the seven years he was there, Pascal also participated in the development of several other projects in the Boisset group outside Burgundy and abroad. At the same time, he worked as a consultant for wineries around the world, becoming one of the most famous "flying winemakers".
Marchand developed his own wine estate and established himself with his financial partner Moray Tawse as a micro-negociant under the name Marchand-Tawse. In addition, in 2011 this partnership acquired the former and important Domaine Maume, now labeled as Maume-Marchand-Tawse and since then positive reforms have been implemented. Despite the expansions, Marchand deliberately wants to keep it small-scale on the domain. His wines offer great drinking pleasure at a young age, but are vinified in such a way that they can ripen beautifully with confidence and appear to develop well. Each produced wine is approached individually in order to optimally show its own character and terroir origin. The use of wood is therefore highly differentiated and biodynamic methods are becoming increasingly noticeable.
Pascal Marchand, Canadian by birth and from Quebec, became known as a 'flying winemaker' in Australia and Chile, but because of his passion for Bougogne and the advice of the legendary Henri Jayer, he came to France in 1983 to actually become a winemaker in his favorite region . He was directly inspired by the young generation of pioneers, who started using organic and biodynamic methods.
The Pascal Marchand-Tawse Ladoix 1er Cru 'Les Grêchons et Foutrières' is a 100% Chardonnay coming from a soil that is very stony and particularly rich in limestone and marl. Ladoix is a lesser known village on the Côtes-de-Beaune, but the 1er Cru Les Gréchons et Foutrierès is located high on the slope adjacent to the famous Grand Cru Corton Charlemagne and is the best cru of Ladoix for white Burgundy. The whole bunches are squeezed, slightly crushed. with alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in barrels, "sur lies" without "batonnage". This Premier Cru Ladoix 'Les Grêchons et Foutrières' is aged for 16 months for 25% in used oak and 75% used oak made from the forests of Tronçais and Allier. The wine only gets a light clarification. This beautiful Premier Cru Burgundy has fresh notes of citrus, red apple and tropical fruit nuances. I and light stony aromas. The taste is well balanced with nice peach and apricot notes with counterbalanced minerality in the finish.
FACT: In the Tab: Annex you will find the official fact sheet of this wine. We will send it to you automatically when you order this wine
| Type of Wine | White |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Appellation | Côte de Nuits |
| Winery | Marchand-Tawse |
| Grape | Pinot Noir |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2034 |
| Alcohol % | 12.5 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Vinous rating | 92 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Fruitig, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Mineraal, Rond, Vol, Wit fruit |
| Drink moments | Cadeau!, Lekker luxe, Met vrienden, Open haard, Romantisch |
Vinous
(90-92)
Drinking Window
2024 - 2034
From: Dance the Quickstep: Burgundy 2020 (Dec 2021)
The 2020 Ladoix Les Gréchons et Foutrières 1er Cru has a detailed and attractive bouquet with orchard fruit and light stony aromas. The palate is well balanced with lovely peachy, apricot notes with counterbalancing mineralité on the finish. Worth seeking out.
- By Neal Martin on November 2021
“I was born on September 4,” Pascale Marchand told me. “I never thought we would finish a harvest before my birthday.” It came to pass as this Nuit-Saint-Georges-based producer/négociant commenced picking on August 25 in Gevrey-Chambertin and Pommard and finished the day before Marchand's big day. “I think Covid expedited things a little. People just wanted to get the harvest done. The paradox of the vintage is that 2020 does not seem like a hot growing season,” continued head winemaker Mark Fincham. “I don’t think the vineyard ever closed down because there was a lot of rain earlier in the year. In 2018 the heat blocked the growth cycle. You never got that blockage in 2020, and there weren’t the same high temperatures. The fruit was very good, so the vinification was easy. I think there was quite a bit of acidification going on around Burgundy. We did a little. We’ll probably bottle the racked wines in January, others in March and April, the whites in December.” It is good to see Tawse starting to get the kudos they deserve. Their diaspora of holdings between their domaine and négociant range can be a bit disorienting, but there are always exceptionally fine wines to be found, this year crowned by a brilliant Mazoyères-Chambertin that had the audacity to surpass the Musigny. There is plenty on offer down the hierarchy in various appellations, and the wines remain well-priced compared with others.
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Pascal Marchand, Canadian by birth and from Quebec, became known as a 'flying winemaker' in Australia and Chile, but because of his passion for Bougogne and the advice of the legendary Henri Jayer he came to France in 1983 to actually become a winemaker in his favorite region . He was directly inspired by the young generation of pioneers, who started using organic and biodynamic methods.
More information about Merchand-Tawse
The story of the Maison Marchand-Tawse in Burgundy begins with the extraordinary story of Pascal Marchand, the French-Canadian boy prodigy, who took over the reins of the Clos des Epeneaux in Pommard in 1985 at the age of 22. He became an overnight sensation, and is certainly one of the founders of modern Burgundy. But the Clos des Epeneaux is small. And for a young, talented and ambitious winemaker, 15 years was enough. He needed a new challenge. And he found one!
Merchand-Tawce's Approach
Pascal was approached by Jean-Charles Boisset, scion of the family that controls the third largest French wine group, who wanted to create a domain that would be the showcase for the family's other companies. So with the 1999 vintage, the Domaine de la Vougeraie was launched, giving Pascal the management of more than 90 hectares of Burgundy vineyards, from simple regional appellations to Grand Crus. It was the largest creation of a single estate in Burgundy since the end of World War II. And it quickly became a reference for modern Burgundian production. Pascal took the entire domain into organic farming, with a biodynamic approach. It was revolutionary. During the seven years he was there, Pascal also participated in the development of several other projects in the Boisset group outside Burgundy and abroad. At the same time, he worked as a consultant for wineries around the world, becoming one of the most famous "flying winemakers".
Marchand developed his own wine estate and established himself with his financial partner Moray Tawse as a micro-negociant under the name Marchand-Tawse. In addition, in 2011 this partnership acquired the former and important Domaine Maume, now labeled as Maume-Marchand-Tawse and since then positive reforms have been implemented. Despite the expansions, Marchand deliberately wants to keep it small-scale on the domain. His wines offer great drinking pleasure at a young age, but are vinified in such a way that they can ripen beautifully with confidence and appear to develop well. Each produced wine is approached individually in order to optimally show its own character and terroir origin. The use of wood is therefore highly differentiated and biodynamic methods are becoming increasingly noticeable.