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There are parts of the C\u00f4te d\u2019Or that have surprisingly remained secret, even after centuries of cultivation. It\u2019s as if local residents at some point banded together to say, let\u2019s keep this magic among ourselves \u2013 lest the wider world come and take it away.<\/p>\n

Saint-Romain is one of those villages, a sunny amphitheater hidden behind a series of higher hills in the C\u00f4te de Beaune. This picturesque hamlet with its high-altitude vines is where the next-generation of native sons have had enough of secrets, and are ready to display their treasures and talents to a wine-thirsty public.<\/p>\n

Granted, there have been Barolet family members tilling the racy limestone soils of Saint-Romain since the 1500s. The marriage of Andre Barolet and Huguette Pernot, a talented winemaker in her own right from the sprawling Pernot family in Pernand-Vergelesses, added more land plus a hyphen to the domaine in the late 1950s when family vine growing and winemaking began in earnest.<\/p>\n

Yet it is Romain Barolet-Pernot, the family\u2019s fourth generation, who in a few short years has turned this modest winery into one of the region\u2019s up-and-coming stars. The best grapes (usually sold to Olivier Leflaive) came back into the family\u2019s tanks and Francois Freres tonneaux; a more organic approach in the fields has transformed these wines to better reflect Saint-Romain\u2019s fresh, high-altitude terroir, like a polished mirror.<\/p>\n

Domaine Barolet-Pernot<\/strong> remains a micro-domaine, with some rare and wonderful selections limited to a single barrel. But what Romain and his family team do produce is worth seeking out, to discover the intensity and joyful vibrancy of the real Saint-Romain.<\/p>\n

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FARMING & WINEMAKING<\/strong><\/p>\n

The family cultivates some 35 acres of vineyard land, in Saint-Romain, Beaune, Auxey-Duresses and Puligny-Montrachet. Vines are cared for as close to organic principles as vintage conditions allow; the estate is not certified.<\/p>\n

Grapes are harvested by hand. In 2016, just after Romain took the reins at the estate, the family built a new cellar complete with new stainless steel, thermoregulated tanks. Chardonnay is pressed slowly and gently full-cluster, gravity settled, and fermented on indigenous yeasts in either French oak tonneaux or tank, around 20% to 50% new oak is used.<\/p>\n

Pinot Noir is destemmed, cold macerated for three to four days, and fermented on indigenous yeasts. Red wines are aged for 11 months in barrel, with 20% to 40% new oak. All wines are lightly filtered before bottling, with limited added sulfites.<\/p>\n

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A bright and juicy Chardonnay from estate-owned, small parcels just southeast of the village of Puligny-Montrachet. Aged in tank and neutral oak, this is a lovely Bourgogne full of fresh citrus and white flowers.<\/p>\n

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