Winemaker Notes
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Jasper Morris
Made from 90 year old vines which have needed remedial pruning. A fine even purple. Despite the traditional style of the vinification here, the Boivin does offer some sensuality. Essence of raspberry, red rather than black. This has terrific potential because there is a freshness to the fruit, a little more suavity in body, and a very fine long finish. Drink from 2030-2038.
Barrel Sample: 91-94 -
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Aromas of cherries, licorice and vine smoke introduce the 2022 Marsannay Boivin, a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and suave wine with good depth at the core and a delicately cedary finish. It's more approachable than the more structured Ouzeloy.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Perched up in the northernmost position in the Côte de Nuits, Marsannay is the only appellation village of Burgundy to produce classified wines of all three colors: red, white— and rosé. The official Rosé de Marsannay earned its high reputation in the early 1900s.
Its reds, made of Pinot Noir, burst with red and black fruit and are consistently long on the palate. Chardonnays from Marsannay are charming, floral and full of citrus fruit and mineral. Top Marsannay vineyards include Clos du Roy and Les Longeroies.