Release Party – 2008 Scott Paul Dom Denise Pinot Noir
His name was Dom Alexandre Denise. He tended the vines and made the wines at the world famous Clos Vougeot in Burgundy in the 1750s, but his legacy lives on…with our very special Scott Paul Wines bottling named in his honor! Join us today, from 12-5 p.m. to taste this very limited edition Pinot that represents some of the very best of what we made, in an altogether great vintage!
A couple of years ago in Beaune, Scott got his hands on a limited edition reprinting, in French, of Dom Denise’s memoir, in which he detailed specific winemaking protocols of the day*, which Scott and Kelley followed on one small lot of gorgeous fruit from Momtazi Vineyard. They made only four barrels in this fashion – just 100 cases in all. Come taste for yourself. See if you can taste what might have been the difference in technique.
The wine tastes of wild ripe black fruits, spices, and the earth. It was bottled in August 2009, and should drink well now through 2014+. 100 cases produced. $40/bottle, and limited Magnums at $85 each.
*Dom means “Brother” as in friar. Yes, the monks, and to a much smaller extend, the royals, controlled the vineyards in Burgundy from the 12th century until the French Revolution in 1789. It is to the monks that we owe our gratitude for their meticulous attention, note-taking, and discerning over centuries the distinction between vineyards and parcels within vineyards. (Most of the monk’s stone walls and footpaths remain today. They were used to separate out vineyard parcels that they felt were distinguished from neighboring parcels.
