Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot Montagny Les Bassets Blanc 2018

About the Producer

Jean-Marc Boillot was one of the younger generations in Burgundy who was determined to improve his family's wines. In 1984, after vinifying 13 vintages at the family's domaine, Henri Boillot, Jean-Marc walked out in protest, intent on producing highly concentrated, rich, and ripe wines. He became the winemaker for Olivier Leflaive for the next four years and at the same time produced wines from five acres of vineyards, bottled under his own label. Boillot's grandfather, who bequest half hisvineyard to Jean-Marc. Boillot runs his domaine from his grandfather Henri Boillot's house and cellars in the village of Pommard. Jean-Marc's maternal grandfather was the late Etienne Sauzet, from whom he also inherited exceptional vineyards