2011 Maison Roche de Bellene Volnay Vieilles Vignes

Being born and raised in this village, it's no surprise that Nicolas Potel has the vineyard sources to make a serious villages Volnay.  This appellation has long been renowned for its lightness of touch, stylish intricacy and a structure that favors persistence over power.  The Roche de Bellene Volnay is a bit more muscular in style due to the extremely old vines.  

Nicolas Potel, after his first steps as winemaker in the family Estate in Volnay:  le Domaine de la Pousse d'Or, he built up his own négoce in 1996 then, in 2000, Maison Potel-Aviron in Beaujolais region.  In 2005, Nicolas built up his own Estate, Domaine de Bellene, in Beaune with 15 Ha of organic vines in Cote de Beaune.  

In 2008, after the departure from SAS Nicolas Potel company, Nicolas launches his new negociant business called Maison Roche de Bellene.  The philosophy is the same as Nicolas used to in Nuits-Saint-Georges:  we have been keeping the same source of wines and the same relationship with growers that Nicolas have been working with the last 15 years.  One extremely important difference from the past is the we are now only focusing on offering the finest wines, in limited cuvée in order to achieve our goal:  being the only "Haute Couture" negociant in Burgundy.