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Domaine Fabrice Vigot, Vosne-Romanée
Domaine Vigot is run by Fabrice and Christine Vigot, who founded the estate in 1990 by combining the landholdings of their respective families. Most notably, Fabrice’s father worked with the famed Dr. Georges Mugneret in the 1960s, looking after some of their most prized vineyards in a sharecropping agreement that lasted through 2016. Meaning, the Vigot family played a significant role in the creation of Burgundy’s most legendary, expensive, and sought-after wines—those of Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg.
Today’s village-level Vosne-Romanee is sourced from the family’s various village-level parcels, most notably, “La Croix Blanche,” a lieu-dit in the southern reaches of Vosne that holds a trove of 70+-year-old vines. It should be noted that Mugneret-Gibourg also utilizes this prized site for their own Vosne bottling, but interested buyers must be prepared to pay over $500 for it! The Vigots employ organics in the vineyard with a recent focus on biodynamics. In 2019, all of their grapes were hand-harvested and partially de-stemmed, leaving around half of the clusters intact during the native-yeast fermentation. The resulting wine spent 18 months in Burgundian barrels, 50% new. Bottling occurred without fining or filtering. While it seems 2019 is shaping up to be a generous, ready-to-drink vintage (that will still age gracefully), Vigot’s bottling seems to take it to the next level. Even without a decant, this is jaw-droppingly gorgeous: Black cherry blossoms, juicy black plum, black raspberry, forest floor, Kola nut, Rooibos tea, candied violets, damp rose, and various pie spices. The palate is dark-fruited, silky, and bursting with sleek Vosné muscle. This is frighteningly good. Good luck keeping your hands off it.
