Jean-Francois Ganevat Pinot Noir En Billat 2023 Pinot Noir Earth Smoke is

Earth Smoke is

with nice ripeness kept in balance by a narrow margin — fine drinkability

Opens with notes of moss and forest floor

Christina Pickard" - 96/100

farming around nine hectares of iron-rich grey slate and quartz soils across south-facing slopes near the villages of Niedermennig and Krettnach

Jean-Francois Ganevat Pinot Noir En Billat 2023 Pinot Noir Earth Smoke isJulien en Billat is Ganevat's most joyfully subversive red a Pinot Noir that looks at everything Burgundy does with the variety and decides to go somewhere else entirely. Made from old vine Pinot Noir, Kermit Lynch's importer note captures it best: it's like premier cru red Burgundy on vacation. The terroir of Grusse En Billat is the reason why this wine is so neat and straight, Ganevat himself says a parcel farmed biodynamically with meticulous care,