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.
This limited-production pinot noir from Bastian Wolber’s Laisse Tomber label comes from the village of Pommard in the Côte de Beaune. The wine follows Wolber’s hallmark approach: organically farmed fruit, whole-cluster fermentation with native yeasts, minimal extraction, and élevage in neutral barrels. Like all of his reds, it was bottled without fining or filtration, with only a minimal addition of sulfur at bottling.
Only around 3,000 bottles were produced, making it one of the more limited cuvées in the 2023 lineup. True to Wolber’s style, the wine is shaped by instinct and transparency, vinified gently to reflect both place and vintage. It is part of a growing canon that blends classical sites with a winemaker’s resolute and undeniable love of this work.
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