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Domaine de la Pousse d'Or

After seeing Henri Boillot, who surprised me when he told me he didn't start harvesting his pinot until September 15, I went directly across Volnay to see Patrick Landanger, who began harvesting on the 22nd. "My enologist said I had good balancing acidity in 2009," Landanger explained, adding that his wines' pHs are in the 3.45 range. Landanger recently purchased what he described as an electronic triage machine, which he uses after his destemmed grapes are sorted on a vibrating table. This extra step results in a loss of liquid, which he says is "like a natural saignee." Still, 2009 brought a healthy crop level averaging 42 hectoliters per hectare, 20% above the 35 he normally expects to get. This vintage, by the way, will feature the first set of wines from the holdings of Domaine Moine-Hudelot, which Landanger purchased in June of 2008 following the retirement of Daniel Moine. Landanger was able to prune these vines in the spring of 2009 but not in 2008, so he sold off all his grapes to Bichot in the earlier vintage. (A Peter Vezan selection; imported by North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; H2Vino, Chicago, IL; and Ideal Wine & Spirits, Medford, MA; also imported by Langdon-Shiverick, Los Angeles, CA)

From 2009 Red Burgundy (Jan 2011) by Stephen Tanzer

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2009 Volnay En Caillerets

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