This past weekend the Domaine Rapet Pere et Fils in Pernand-Vergelesses invited their friends for a tasting of 30 vintages of their Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru ‘Ile des Vergelesses going back to 1984.
We always say that great winemakers and great cooks are by nature generous souls. You always get more than you expect. And this was one of those feel-good moments that evokes family and friends, with memories captured in a bottle.
We were greeted at the door by Vincent Rapet, one of the great winemakers of his generation, and led into the heart of the winery to begin a tour of past and future generations of Rapets. We were met by Jeanne, the youngest in the family, timid in her role, who welcomed us and presented the domain’s 2012 whites. (A quick note to say that the 2012 whites are superb, rich and precise in their terroir.)