AF Gros Estate - Windmill - In Mortperay 2022
Domaine AF Gros is an estate based in Pommard , Burgundy that produces Pinot Noir at Village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru levels from the communes of Pommard, Beaune, Savigny-les-Beaune, Vosne-Romanée and Chambolle-Musigny. The estate is one of three created in 1988, when Jean and Jeanine Gros began sharing their estate (Domaine Jean Gros) between their three children, Michel, Bernard and Anne-Françoise. The estate covers 14 hectares planted mainly with Pinot Noir, both in the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits. A recently acquired parcel of vines in Moulin à Vent (in Beaujolais) completes the range of wines offered. François Parent, originally from Pommard, is Anne-Françoise's husband. He has been the winemaker of the estate's wines since its creation. Today, two of their three children work on the estate: Caroline and Mathias. The brother and sister split the winemaking, and the management, development and marketing of the wines.
The grapes are harvested manually and brought back to the estate in refrigerated trucks. The wine is aged for 8 to 9 months ; half in 500-liter tuns and the rest in 228-liter barrels of 3 to 4 wines . The wines are blended and then left to rest for 1 month in stainless steel vats .
Grape variety: 100% Gamay