Notes from Manhattan Wine Company
Certainly one of their top bottlings, their Genévrières is
sourced from plots in both Genévrières-Dessus and Genévrières-Dessous. Nicolas Bernard says “For Genevrères the
growers have never made a distinction between the two parts, the upper and the lower, Genevrières-Dessus and
Genevrières-Dessous. The soil in Genevrères is quite homogenous. Perhaps a bit stonier in the upper part. In the
lower part you have 50 centimeters of loose soil. When you plough the upper part you hit rocks all the time.”
Véronique Bernard Bonin explains that “Genevrères-Dessus produces a spicier wine, whereas Genevrières-Dessous
produces a more buttery wine,” and so as a result of this, they have chosen to always blend their plots together
assuming that the sum of the whole is better than the individual parts. We couldn’t agree more as the results
with this wine over the years has been astounding – powerful and long, piercing and pure. A true delight!