2024 Louis Billard Volnay, Cote de Beaune, France Emme Wines Liquid sunshine

Liquid sunshine

2-week ambient yeast fermentation with punch-downs for the first 5 days followed by daily pump-overs with one final punch-down before pressing

-  Stephan Reinhardt

Better known as Muscadet

Personality: superb structure and elegance of the grape

2024 Louis Billard Volnay, Cote de Beaune, France Emme Wines Liquid sunshineMid slope limestone marl gives perfume over power, and the Pinot is handled gently with a three day cold soak and a 12 day native ferment using light pump overs at the start and delicate punch downs to finish, with 30% whole clusters, then 14 months in barrel (20% new) and 2 months in stainless; a slow lenticular filtration and ~15 mg L free SO close out ~1,560 bottles.