Les Bottes Rouges "Face B" Pinot Noir Simon and Lauren have returned

Simon and Lauren have returned back to New Zealand to make wine under their own label ‘A Thousand Gods’

carefully pressed on their more than 200 years old vertical press

We made our first vintage in the old cuverie and vaulted cellars of our home in Meursault in 2019

but Paolo di Marchi of Isole e Olena (himself a foreigner from Piemonte) and his former agronomist Paolo Masi were encouraging and helpful with practical matters

It was necessary to do more work in the vineyard

Les Bottes Rouges "Face B" Pinot Noir Simon and Lauren have returnedGrapes: Savagnin Region: Jura, France Vintage: 2020 Viticulture: Biodynamic Soils: Limestone Yeasts: Native Vinification: Direct press, then fermented in 400L barrels Aging: 9 12 months in old 3000L oak barrel Fining or Filtering: None Notes from the Importer: Jean Baptiste Menigoz, the former teacher and cross country skier, changed his life completely after having had his first natural wine in 2004. This was a Jean Foillard Cte du Puy and after