Domaine Roblet-Monnot CORTON REGION: FRANCE -

GRAPES / SOILS

THE WINE

Vineyard Profile

DOMAINE ROBLET- • Total : 159 ha (395 acres) of Grand MONNOT • Vineyards are located on the hill of Corton. • Wine designated only as Corton can be made from any of the 395 acres of Pascal Roblet can trace his roots in Volnay Grand Cru and may be sold as Corton whether the fruit is sourced from a to the 1600,s on his mother’s side and specific plot or from a blend of climats in accordance with pre-appellation four generations on his father’s side. All of practice. Domaine Roblet-Monnot’s holdings are in • Both red and white grapes are grown. Volnay, 6 hectares. Pascal’s conversion to • Otton I, the King of Germania who had decided to restore the crown of bio-dynamic viticulture in 1997 along with Charlemagne by defeating many enemies, was crowned Emperor of the Holy his high density planting, 12,000 vines per Empire of Romans and Germania in 962. The use of the term Cortun by the hectare, and very low yields, 30-35 Citeaux Abbey and a quotation in 1483, Clos de Courthon, lead to the ancient hectoliters per hectare, are part of what form CORT-IS OTTON I “the royal domain of Otton.” Sometime around 937 Otton has transformed his domaine into one of I acquired the Aloxe Domaine that still bears his name. the leading sources of wine from these communes. Technical Information

• Pascal’s red wines see no fining or filtration. He rarely uses pigeage, punching down of the cap, one or two times per vintage. Pascal prefers creating an infusion of flavor from the fruit rather than an extraction of flavor. • He prefers long maturation in barrel, so that the wines are more stable before bottling and naturally clarified. • Pascal does not use sulfites on his reds. When he does use sulfur it is a mere 40 mgrams or less of total sulfites just before racking and bottling. GENERAL INFO

Country France

Region Burgundy

Appellation(s) Volnay, Corton + others

Proprietors Pascal Roblet

Founded 1998

Winemaker Pascal Roblet

Annual Production 1,400 9L cases

Farming (Sustainable, organic, Biodynamic biodynamic)