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"Winery to Watch"
Founded by Mark Tarlov (Evening Land) and originating in Burgundy, Maison L’Envoyé crafts this region’s wine trinity: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Gamay Noir. Yet from this tenor of focus and commitment, a global fellowship emerged, with terroir-driven Pinot Noir as the linchpin.
Driven by the elusive hunt for the world’s finest Pinot Noir sites, Maison L’Envoyé traverses the globe, presenting the many veils of regionality and winemaking style. With winemaking footprints in Burgundy, Willamette Valley, Central Otago, and Tasmania.
Mark Tarlov has brought in the expertise of Louis-Michel Liger-Belair of Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. Louis-Michel started his Burgundian Domaine in 2000 and is one of the brightest young stars in the region.
Maison L’Envoyé champions many unsung growers who have farmed their vineyards for decades and generations, some mere feet away from more illustriously cited neighbors. Maison L’Envoyé has been a standout since launching in 2011 including Wine & Spirits naming it a ‘Winery To Watch’ in 2015.
Maison L'Envoyé's Viticulture
The approach in the vineyard combines tailored viticulture and vigilant diligence. Each growing season and unique block is taken into account. They consider the site, specific soil characteristics, elevation, aspect, rainfall, and vine age. They have lean heavily towards organic and biodynamic regimes, with a strict mindset of growing Pinot Noir rather than farming grapes.
Maison L'Envoyé's Winemaking
Many precise and specific winemaking techniques are employed that together produce a soulful and generous expression of the fruit flavors while avoiding any heavy tannin, rough edges or alcoholic extraction. Picking fully physiologically ripe berries, often later than much of the valley, consulting winemaker Louis-Michel Liger-Belair’s infusion technique is more akin to steeping rather than an aggressive extraction process.
The Founders
Mark Tarlov
Film producer turned vintner. He became an acclaimed winemaker with his successful first wine venture, Evening Land, which he co-founded and launched in 2007. He teamed up with Old Bridge Cellars in 2011 and shortly thereafter, Maison l’Envoyé was born. In 2014, he was included as one of the 9 People You Need To Know In American Wine Right Now.
Old Bridge Cellars
For some 20+ years, Old Bridge Cellars, led by Rob Buono and Gavin Speight, has imported, marketed and produced wines from a handful of fiercely independent wineries in the world’s leading wine regions. Their parameters have remained the same and are, simply, that the wineries they represent remain true to their regions and true to themselves.
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