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As one of the earlier pioneers of biodynamic practices in Burgundy, Pascal goes to the extent of using horses to plow his vineyards to reduce the compaction of the soil that a tractor would cause. In his Volnay Taillepieds vineyard he refrains from “rogner” (clipping of foliage) to avoid stress on the vine and increase the vines foliage. In vintages with uneven ripening of the rows of vines, Pascal will select only the grapes at their optimum ripeness and return again and again to the vineyard for selection. Sorting of grapes begins in the vineyard for Pascal. He believes pristine grapes should never come in contact with their rotten or mouldy brethren. In addition, at the door of the cellar is a vibrating sorting table to cull out any leaves or twigs, or grapes deemed unworthy of being part of a Roblet-Monnot wine.
The majority of Domaine Roblet-Monnot’s holdings are in Volnay (6 hectares), but there is a lone parcel in Pommard named, Arvelet. Pascal’s conversion to biodynamic viticulture in 1997 along with his high density planting (12,000 vines per hectare) and very low yields (30-35 hectoliters per hectare) are part of what has transformed his domaine into one of the leading sources of wine from these communes. Also in 1997 Pascal began purchasing grapes from Vosnee Romanée, then a little later from Corton and in 2008 from organically farmed vineyards in Chambolle. |
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