2007 Domaine Billard Bourgogne "Milliane"
By Marisa D'Vari | August 15th, 2010 | Category: Burgundy, News, Wine reviews | No Comments »Recently my friend and I were enjoying blind tasting a wine as is a typical practice at dinner. After a few moments of careful examination, it was safe to concluded it was from the Old World, likely a 2007, and a Pinot Noir.
Yet what sort of Pinot Noir? And if from the old world, could it be a Loire instead of Pinot Noir’s traditional home of Burgundy?
And if Burgundy, what appellation?
If you’ve been to Burgundy or have studied the region, you know that practically every square inch has a different terroir.
In the end, we were surprised to find it was 2007 Domaine Billard Bourgogne Millane. And in the very small wine world, we realized that we had met the sisters that produce this wine in Burgundy in March, when importer Jeanne Marie De Champs, founder of Domaines Et Saveurs Collection, invited us to diner (pictures from the dinner are above) to meet Mireille Desmonet, one of the owners of this domaine with her enologist sister Laurence Jobard, and other producers.
Though the sisters make a concentrated wine in Pomard from the "Les Vaumuriens" lieu-dit, this is a ‘simple’ Bourgogne Rouge given surprising elegance and complexity as it is from 45 year old vines in a 1/2 hectare parcel in Pommard called "Milliane.”
As I nosed the wine in the course of the blind tasting, I was initially struck by the intense sense of soil in addition to the fragrant cherry fruit, with wafts of black licorice and dark fruit notes. The palate was very smooth with concentrated fruit, cherry yet with dark notes that mentally formed an image of black dots of concentrated fennel in addition to other fruit flavors such as raspberry. The finish was very long and succulent. The price is in the $20 range but tasted much higher endl; and you can use the wine-searcher tool to find it in your area.
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