Vincent Paindavoine Coteaux Bourguignons Pinot Noir Les Paquiers 2023

The latest name in Vosne-Romanée. Vincent Paindavoine spends his days in some of the best vineyards in Burgundy – Clos de la Roche, Echézeaux and Mazis-Chambertin – as the vineyard manage for the Hospices de Beaune’s Grand Cru holdings in the Cote de Nuits. During the evenings he is pushing forward a brand new domain from a small amount of his very own holdings. 2022 marks his vintage.

While his name is fairly new around here, but he isn't exactly new: his parents and grandparents were both longtime employees of the famous Domaine de la Romanée Conti, working in the vineyards. Beginning in the late 1960s they bought tiny parcels in Vosne; and Aubert de Villaine would let them borrow one of his tractors in the evenings to tend to these vines. Eventually they were able to accrue a grand total of 1.5 ha, holdings which are now being passed to Vincent.

Vincent has been farming the small family parcels for years now, organically and biodynamically. Of the 1.5ha of land, Vincent has inherited .9, with the remaining slated to be coming his way in 2025; currently his uncle (the mayor of Vosne!) owns them and is retiring.

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