Domaine Prunier-Bonheur - Monthelie Rouge 2018 (750ml)

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Producer	Domaine Prunier-Bonheur
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Varietal	Pinot Noir
Vintage	2018
Size	750ml

What Pascal Prunier manages to coax out of motley crew of relatively modest appellations, whether red or white, is absolutely spectacular. 

Pascal, who has the most endearing and impossibly wide grin, is the 5th generation in a family of vignerons. He decided to launch his own domaine with his wife, Christine Bonheur, in 1983, with a mere 3 hectares of rented vines. Today, the domaine comprises 8 hectares of vines, scattered throughout the Côte de Beaune, from Saint Romain to Beaune. Production is equal parts white and red wine, and the cellars are located on the road between Meursault and Auxey-Duresses. (He lives around the corner from Jean-Marc Roulot.)

The whites beam with energy and the reds have a rather extraordinary zen-like calm and great purity.

Wine Notes: Terroir: Clay-limestone soils in Les Sous Roches (East-facing), Sous Le Cellier (East-facing) and Les Crays (West-facing).
Viticulture: Lutte raisonnée, organic methods
Vinification: Sorted twice, 100% de-stemmed, indigenous yeasts, cuvaison lasts about 15 days with mostly pump-overs and very limited punch-downs. Aged in barrel (15% new) and bottled after 15 to 18 months. All cellar work follows the lunar calendar.