Domaine Pavelot Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains

Tucked away on a modest 0.34-hectare plot, two noble grapes share the same earth: Pinot Noir (70%) and Gamay (30%). The vines, with an average age of 38 years, have learned to live in quiet harmony—Pinot bringing grace and depth, Gamay offering vibrancy and charm.

When harvest time comes, everything is done by hand. The pickers move gently between the rows, their wicker baskets cradling the fruit as though it were treasure. In the cellar, the grapes are carefully sorted by hand, and then fully destemmed, preserving only the purest expression of the berries themselves.

A few cool days follow—three to five of cold maceration—before nature takes the lead. Native yeasts awaken in open, enamel-lined concrete tanks, guiding the 15-day fermentation at their own pace. Slowly, the must becomes wine.

Once fermentation rests, the young cuvée is racked into enamel-lined tanks, where it will spend eight months. Here, in stillness, malolactic fermentation gently softens the edges, bringing silk to the texture and calm to the spirit. A second racking follows, two months before bottling at the domaine, ensuring clarity without disturbance.

As always, lenticular filtration is used only when the vintage demands it.

Each year, this careful ritual yields no more than 2,000 bottles—an intimate production that speaks softly of place and patience. A meeting of two varieties, two temperaments, united in a single voice of balance and quiet beauty.