Rodolphe Demougeot
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Despite diligently learning the chemical techniques of the day, Rodolphe Demougeot has since spent the past 30 years working on a careful and systematic unlearning in his family's eight hectares spread throughout the Cote de Beaune. With holdings primarily in Meursault and Pommard, Rodolphe is one of the rare talents in Burgundy whose reds and whites are equally as compelling.
Rodolphe inherited his family domaine in 1992 with eight hectares spread around Meursault and Pommard. Throughout the first decades of his tenure, Rodolphe carefully removed all chemical and synthetic treatments in the vineyard and now works all his vineyards organically. The winery is based in Meursault, but the domaine produces bottlings from Pommard, Savigny-les-Beaune, and Beaune, along with a swath of delicious regional wines that shouldn't be overlooked.
Rodolphe prefers light extraction for the reds, and fermentations occur in stainless steel and cement before being aged in predominantly used barrels. For both reds and whites, new oak is used judiciously (a maximum of 10% for the whites and a maximum of 30% for the reds), and Rodolphe's style manages to balance new and old-school sensibilities. Bottling is done by gravity and according to the lunar calendar, which has been the next step in the domaine's evolution.
The village-level bottlings overdeliver, and the regional wines are some of the best we've tasted. Rodolphe is a rising star in the region whose farming and winemaking is well respected even among his very famous peers.
