La Pousse d’Or, a storied estate and arguably the finest and most prestigious Burgundy house in Volnay, has now been in existence since the 1100s. It was originally called Bousse d’Or or ‘Golden Earth’ in middle French. Its modern renaissance began with Gerard Potel, an enormously talented wine-maker who ran it from the mid 1960’s until his untimely death in 1997. Then the domaine passed into the hands of the current winemaker, Patrick Landanger, who quickly devoted himself to land acquisition including parcels in Chambolle, Bonnes Mares and Clos de la Roche. He also undertook a top to bottom re- organization of the cellars, and moved toward organic and biodynamic practices in the vineyards. Today the estate is rightly considered one of the jewels of the Côte d’Or.