What's Pressoir Drinking?

By Eléonore Lafarge
01/13/2021

In my family, the Christmas holidays always mean good food paired with amazing wine. On the 25th of December, we usually share bottles of Champagne, then some whites before opening old bottles of Lafarge to celebrate the end of the year. Burgundy is our favorite region but no one is opposed to trying something different as well!

Due to the current situation, I didn’t celebrate Christmas in Volnay this year. So I had my first Christmas in the USA. Christmas 2020 was no exception to the good food and good wine rule shared with nice people. Being away from home and family is not easy during the holidays but opening a bottle of Burgundy always helps when I feel homesick.

One of the bottles I had the chance to taste this Christmas was a Taupenot-Merme Corton Rognet Grand Cru from 2006.

The wine had a charming floral nose and palate. I did not expect such a long finish in the palate and was nicely surprised. I haven’t had a 2006 in a long time, I was happy to try a nice vintage from the Côte de Nuits.

 Even my friend’s puppy wanted a glass, proof that the wine was good!