Originally from Montreal, Pascal Marchand fell in love with Burgundy's climats on his first trip to France. In 1983 he decided to take the leap and move there. He learnt at Clos des Epeneaux for 15 years before spending a further seven at Domaine de la Vougeraie. In 2006 he launched his own venture as a wine merchant before founding Marchand Tawse with Moray Tawse in 2010. Today, wines are produced across 51 appellations and 25 climats between the Côte de Nuit, Côte de Beaune and Chablis. With Pascal Marchand, we're far from the clichés often heard about wine merchant activity. He works with low yields, respects biodynamic principles in the vines, works only with indigenous yeasts and avoids fining and filtering. Demanding work that provides results, as proven by the success of every vintage produced thus far. He has also acquired properties on the fine appellations of Puligny-Montrachet, Corton Charlemagne and Volnay.

The Morey Saint Denis premier cru Clos des Ormes is made from Pinot Noir cultivated next to the Clos de la Roche grand cru. It enjoys a similar terroir defined by deep clay and chalky soil.
25% of the grapes are vinified in whole bunches. Cold maceration takes a week and the domain carries out daily stirring and pumping over during fermentation. This allows for a good extraction of texture, flavour, and colour. The wine is then matured for 16 months in casks, with up to 30% new wood. It is then bottled without fining or filtering.
This is a wine made to be aged. It has a ruby red colour and gives off elegant notes of red fruit, black fruit, and flowers. Over time, the tannins will refine and the aromatic bouquet will develop touches of leather, earth, and truffle.