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The ocean
fog swamps Domaine Lois Louise every day. On many days, the
valley vineyard stays foggy until 11:00 a.m., while the ridge-top
vineyard gets early sun. These “micro climates” will produce
different wines, even when the same vines are planted. Weather differences—magnified
by the notoriously fickle Pinot Noir grape—are one cause for
the dramatic differences between neighboring wines only a few hundred
meters apart in Burgundy. Romanée-Conti is less than a mile
away from common Burgundies that sell for less than $20 a bottle.
We are hoping that there is a big wine—like a Burgundian Pommard—lurking
in the 777 Pinot Noir planted in deep clay in the foggy valley, while
at the same time there is an elegant, delicate, perfumy wine like
a Vosne Romanée growing on the slope shown here.
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