German-born Bastian Wolber is a citizen of the wine world, with a path that’s taken him from Baden to the Mosel, Alsace, Jura, and now Burgundy. A skateboard accident during harvest with Jean-François Ganevat in 2019 might have ended the journey for most, but Bastian turned it into the start of something entirely his own. He launched Laisse Tomber—meaning “let it fall”—as a micro-négoce project using organic grapes from friends across Alsace, Baden, and Burgundy, vinifying with a light touch and zero pretense.
Today, he lives in Volnay, where he shares a cellar above Pousse d’Or and works full-time with Jean-Yves Bizot. He now farms 1.3 hectares of his own vines, while continuing to make wines under the Laisse Tomber label. Everything is done with native yeasts, whole clusters, minimal sulfur, and a feel-first approach shaped by instinct and trust in place. The wines are expressive and precise, shaped by a joyous resolve and an unwavering sense of exploration.
Canopée comes from Les Champs Pourris, a clay-rich, low-lying vineyard east of Pommard, just across the Route Nationale. The vines average 90 years of age and are farmed organically, with horse-plowing, a tall 1.8-meter canopy, and no hedging. Treatments are limited to raw milk and herbal teas, a reflection of Wolber’s hands-on, minimalist approach in the vineyard.
The wine is 100 percent whole-cluster, fermented with native yeasts via carbonic maceration over two to three weeks. Extraction is minimal, limited to cap-wetting and a few gentle foot treads near the end of fermentation. It is aged for 17 to 18 months in old barrels and bottled without fining or filtration, with just 10 ppm of sulfur added at bottling. Canopée is vivid and lifted, with dark red fruit, spice, and a subtle wildness that channels the quiet strength of old vines and the clarity of a winemaker who trusts his materials completely.
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