Shadows Saint-Aubin 1er Cru La Combe

Vin Noé

Borgogna, Francia

Jon Purcell, from Oceanside, California, in Burgundy since 2012. Since 2021 he makes wine almost alone in Jean-Jacques Morel's old cellar in Saint-Aubin.

Jon Purcell grew up in Oceanside, California: a baseball scholarship, then his first Burgundy from his father's cellar. After harvests in Napa he bought a one-way ticket to Beaune in 2012, worked at Domaine des Croix and Philippe Pacalet, and drove the tractor for de Montille and Matrot until 2021. Noé was his maternal great-grandmother's maiden name.

In 2021 Jean-Jacques Morel did not sell his vines and cellar to the highest bidder: after a dinner, past midnight, he asked Jon to take them. Jon farms just under a hectare of Chardonnay (Saint-Aubin 1er Cru La Chatenière and La Combe, Puligny Le Trézin) with his horses Gilbert and Crésus, and buys grapes from friends. Native yeasts, no added sulphites, no fining or filtering, gravity and old barrels: 8-12,000 bottles a year.