Cote d' Beaune- Burgundy Flashcards

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Santenay

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Somewhat forgotten village and spa in the Côte de Beaune district of Burgundy. red wines from Pinot Noir and occasional whites. The soils in Santenay are a little richer in marl than most of the Côte d’Or, producing red wines tending to the rustic more than the elegant. This is largely the fault of a poor selection of Pinot Noir vines whose vigour has often been tamed by the cordon de royat training system in place of the usual guyot. Most of the best vineyards, the premiers crus La Comme, Clos de Tavannes, and Les Gravières, form an extension from Chassagne-Montrachet. Also reputed are La Maladière, situated behind the main village, and Clos Rousseau on the far border of Santenay, beyond the casino and thermal waters of the higher village.

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Chassagne- Montrachet

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Village in the Côte de Beaune district of Burgundy’s Côte d’Or more famed for its white wines from the Chardonnay grape than for its equally plentiful red wines from Pinot Noir. Until the mid 1980s, the village produced more red wine than white, but the significant premium for white Chassagne led to considerable planting of Chardonnay, even on relatively unsuitable soils. The better soil for Pinot Noir, limestone marl with a red gravel content, lies mainly on the south side of the village towards Santenay and incorporates most of the village appellation, although La Boudriotte and Morgeot, among the premiers crus, make excellent red wines, as can Clos St-Jean closer to the village. Red Chassagne-Montrachet tends to be somewhat hard and earthy when young, mellowing with age but rarely achieving the delicacy of truly fine red burgundy. The fame of Chassagne rests with the white wines at village, premier cru, and especially grand cru level. Chassagne shares the Le Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet vineyards with neighbouring Puligny and enjoys sole possession of a third grand cru, Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet (see montrachet for more details). Among the premiers crus, the best known are Les Chenevottes, Clos de la Maltroie, En Cailleret, and Les Ruchottes. Suitable white wine soil tends to have more oolitic limestone and less marl in its make-up. The white wines of Chassagne are noted for their steely power, less rounded than meursault when young, sometimes similar to puligny-montrachet if less floral. Good vintages from good producers such as Ramonet and the extended Colin, Gagnard, and Morey clans should age from five to ten years. In 2011, some 3,935 hl of red wine and 10,805 hl of white were produced from 304 ha/750 acres of vineyards. This 75:25 ratio in favour of white wines is an inversion of the position 40 years earlier.

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Montrachet

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The most famous grand cru white burgundy, the apogee of the Chardonnay grape produced from a single vineyard in the Côte de Beaune district of the côte d’or. Claude Arnoux, writing in 1728, could find no words in either French or Latin to describe its qualities, though he noted that it was very expensive and that you needed to reserve the wine a year in advance. Dr Lavalle’s view (see burgundy, history), expressed in 1855 and not necessarily valid today, was that whatever the price for a good vintage of Le Montrachet, you would not have paid too much. Le Montrachet covers a whisker under 8 ha/20 acres straddling the borders of Puligny and Chassagne, two communes which have annexed the famous name to their own (see puligny-montrachet and chassagne-montrachet). Part of the secret lies in the limestone, part in its perfect south east exposition, which keeps the sun from dawn till dusk. Curiously, the vines in the Puligny half of the vineyard run in east–west rows, those in Chassagne north–south, reflecting the contours of the land. The principal owners and producers of Le Montrachet are the Marquis de Laguiche, Baron Thénard, domaine de la romanée-conti, bouchard Père et Fils, Domaines Lafon and Prieur in Meursault, and Domaines Ramonet, Colin, and Amiot-Bonfils in Chassagne. In 1991, Domaine Leflaive of Puligny purchased a smallholding. The largest slices belong to the Marquis de Laguiche, whose wine is made by Joseph drouhin and Baron Thénard, some of whose wine is distributed by négociants. Four more grands crus are associated with Le Montrachet: Chevalier-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, and Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet. Chevalier-Montrachet (7.36 ha) is situated directly above the Puligny section of Le Montrachet, on thin, stony soil giving wines which are not quite as rich as the latter. Particularly sought after are the Chevalier-Montrachet, Les Demoiselles, from Louis latour and Louis jadot, and Chevalier-Montrachet, La Cabotte from Bouchard Père et Fils. Bâtard-Montrachet (11.86 ha), on the slope beneath Le Montrachet, also spans the two communes, producing rich and heady wines not quite as elegant as a Chevalier-Montrachet. In the Puligny section of Bâtard is a separate enclave, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet (3.68 ha), while an extension of the Chassagne section is the rarely seen Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet (1.57 ha).

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Puligny- Montrachet

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Village in the Côte de Beaune district of Burgundy’s Côte d’Or producing very fine wines from chardonnay and a tiny amount of less exalted red. Puligny added the name of its most famous vineyard, the grand cru Le Montrachet, in 1879 and has benefited from the association ever since. Puligny contains two grand cru vineyards in their entirety, Chevalier-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, and two which are shared with neighbouring Chassagne: Le Montrachet itself and Bâtard-Montrachet. Below this exalted level, yet still among the finest of all white wines of Burgundy, are the premier cru vineyards. There are at least 13 of these, more if subdivisions are counted. At the same elevation as Bâtard-Montrachet lie Les Pucelles (made famous by the excellence of Domaine Leflaive’s version), Le Clavoillon, Les Perrières (including the Clos de la Mouchère), Les Referts, and Les Combettes, which produces the plump wines to be expected of a vineyard adjacent to Meursault-Perrières. A little higher up the slope, at the same elevation as Le Montrachet, lie Les Demoiselles, Le Cailleret, Les Folatières (including Clos de la Garenne), and Champ Canet. Part of Les Demoiselles is classified as grand cru Chevalier-Montrachet but a very small slice remains as premier cru, being regarded, along with Le Cailleret, as the finest example. Further up the slope, where the terrain becomes rockier and the soil almost too sparse, are Le Champ Gain, Les Truffières, Les Chalumeaux, and the vineyards attached to the hamlet of blagny, which are designated as Puligny-Montrachet premier cru for white wines, and Blagny premier cru for reds. The village wines of Puligny-Montrachet are less impressive, perhaps because the water-table is nearer the surface here than in neighbouring meursault, for example. This phenomenon also means that the deep cellars ideal for ageing wine are rare in Puligny, and few of the village’s growers can prolong barrel maturation for more than about a year. Although the Leflaive and Carillon families can both trace their origins as vignerons back to the 16th century, there are surprisingly few domaines in Puligny and a substantial proportion of its produce is contracted to the négociants of Beaune. Sauzet is a third fine family producer. In centuries past, Puligny, though less noted than Chassagne for its red wines, grew a significant amount of Pinot Noir grapes. Little is now grown.

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St Aubin

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Village in the Côte de Beaune district of Burgundy’s Côte d’Or tucked out of the limelight between Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet. White wine production had increased to 80% of the total by 2013, an inversion of the situation a generation before. A high proportion, two-thirds, of the vineyard area is designated premier cru, notably Les Charmois, La Chatenière, En Remilly, and Les Murgers Dents de Chien, part of a swathe of mostly south west-facing vineyards lying between the borders of Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet and the hamlet of Gamay, which is included in the St-Aubin appellation. The remaining vineyards have the ideal south and south easterly exposition but are less favourably situated further up the cooler valley. White St-Aubin is a fresh, energetic wine, which has some of the character of Puligny-Montrachet, especially in the warmer vintages; the reds resemble a more supple version of red Chassagne-Montrachet. Hubert Lamy is one of several fine producers based in St-Aubin.

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Cote de Beaune

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Generally lighter bodied Pinot Noir and fine dry whites from Chardonnay. All grand cru whites except Musigny Blanc are found on the Cote de Beaune. Key villages (and key grand crus) of the Cote de Beaune are: Aloxe- Corton AC (Corton AC, Corton- Charlemagne AC), Persaud- Vqergelesses, Savigny- Les Beaune, Beaune, Pmmard, Volnay, Merseault, Saint- Aubin, Auxey- Duresses, Puling Montrachet (Le Montrachet, Batard- Montrachet), Cassagne- Montrachet (Le Montrachet, Crists- Batard- Montrachet), Santeney. All (except Volnay and Pommard) produce both red and white. Puligny- Montrachet, Chassagne- Montrachet, Aloxe- Corton produce Grand Cru status white wines. Take up to 10 years to reach maturation. Low yields, perfect soils, drainage and exposure, complex secondary characters from fermentation, baronage and ageing in French oak produce intensely complex wines.

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Auxey- Duresses

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A village in Burgundy producing medium-priced red and white wines not dissimilar to neighbouring volnay and meursault respectively, although more austere in style. The vineyards, which include those of the hamlets of Petit Auxey and Melin, are located on either side of a valley subject to cooler winds than the main Côte de beaune. pinot noir vineyards, including such premiers crus as Les Duresses and Le Climat de Val, are grown on the south east slope of the Montagne du Bourdon. White wines, made from chardonnay, account for just above a quarter of the production, covering the slopes adjacent to Meursault. Some vines, atypically for Burgundy, are trained high. In the past, wines from Auxey-Duresses were likely to have been sold under the names of grander neighbours. Some are now labelled as Côte de Beaune-Villages, although the village appellation is becoming more popular.

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Meursault

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Large and prosperous village in the Côte de Beaune district of Burgundy’s côte d’or producing mostly white wines from the Chardonnay grape. Although Meursault contains no grand cru vineyards, the quality of white burgundy from Meursault’s best premiers crus is rarely surpassed. The finest vineyards are Les Perrières, Les Genevrières, and Les Charmes. Between them and the village of Meursault are three more premiers crus, Le Poruzot, Les Bouchères, and Les Gouttes d’Or. Another group by the hamlet of blagny are sold as Meursault-Blagny if white or Blagny premier cru if red. while, at the other end of the village, Les Santenots is sold as Meursault Santenots if white and Volnay Santenots if red, as it usually is. Apart from Les Santenots, and the lean but fine red wines of Blagny, the other red wines of Meursault tend to be grown low on the slope and do not feature among the best of the Côte de Beaune. Les Perrières was cited as a ‘tête de cuvée’ vineyard in the original classification of 1861 and might well have been classified as a grand cru. Its character derives from the quantity of stones, which reflect the sun back onto the vines. If Les Perrières is regularly the richest wine in Meursault, Les Genevrières comes close, producing particularly elegant wines. Les Charmes is the biggest of the three major vineyards and produces the most forward wines, seductive even in their youth. Meursault also enjoys a wealth of good wines from other named vineyards such as Chevalières, Tessons, Clos de la Barre, Luchets, Narvaux, and Tillets. These are frequently more interesting than the village wines of puligny-montrachet, where the water table is higher. Furthermore, it is possible to dig cellars significantly deeper in Meursault, which enables many growers to prolong barrel maturation through a second winter, which improves the depth, stability, and ageing potential of the wines. Meursault comprises 316 ha/780 acres of village appellation and 132 ha of premier cru. A tiny fraction of both is red. Comte Lafon remains one of the finest producers of Meursault, alongside Boisson-Vadot, Bouzereau, Coche-Dury, Ente, Fichet, Javillier, both Jobards, Mikulski, Prieur, Roulot, and others in a village rich with individual domaines.

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Volnay

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Attractive small village in the Côte de Beaune district of Burgundy’s Côte d’Or producing elegant red wines from Pinot Noir. The wines of Volnay were celebrated under the ancien régime for their delicacy: Claude Arnoux describes them as partridge-eye pink in colour, and the finest of all the wines of the Côte de Beaune, although they had to be drunk very young. Since then they have alternated in fame with those of neighbouring Pommard depending on whether fashion dictated wines of breeding or of power. More than half Volnay’s vineyards are of premier cru status, stretching in a broad swathe from Pommard to Meursault, continuing into the latter village. Because Meursault is renowned for its white wines, its single really fine red wine vineyard of Les Santenots is sold as Volnay Santenots, which has its own appellation. The best part of this vineyard is Les Santenots-du-Milieu, although it is not as typical of Volnay as Le Cailleret, which it abuts, or Champans. These two vineyards express the astonishing, velvety finesse of Volnay. Clos des Chênes, just above Le Cailleret, is also very fine but a little lighter as the soil is even thinner. Excellent vineyards close to the village include Taillepieds, the Clos de la Bousse d’Or, monopole of Domaine de la Pousse d’Or, which also owns an excellent enclave within Le Cailleret known as the Clos des 60 Ouvrées, and the Clos des Ducs of the Marquis d’Angerville, whose father pioneered domaine bottling in the 1930s. Volnay’s finest producers include Michel Lafarge, Pousse d’Or, de Montille, d’Angerville, and most of the best producers in meursault who also have vineyards in Volnay.

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Pommard

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Prosperous village in Burgundy producing the most powerful red wines of the Côte de Beaune district of the Côte d’Or, from the usual Pinot Noir grapes. The pendulum of fashion tends to swing between Pommard and Volnay, currently favouring the latter. However, a fine Pommard will be darker in colour than neighbouring volnay, deeper in flavour, more tannic in structure, less charming when young but capable of developing into a rich, sturdy wine of great power after ten years in bottle. Claude Arnoux noted in 1728 that Pommard lasted longer than Volnay, only in those days he meant 18 months rather than 12. Pommard stretches from the border of Beaune to the edge of Volnay. On the Beaune side, the finest vineyards are Les Pézerolles and Les Épenots, including the Clos des Épeneaux monopole of Comte Armand. Towards Volnay, the most impressive premier cru vineyards include Les Chanlins, Les Jarolières, Les Fremiers, and, in particular, Les Rugiens. The lower section of the latter, Les Rugiens Bas, has the potential to make the richest wines of all in Pommard, and is frequently mentioned as being worthy of elevation to grand cru status. Clos de la Commaraine, Le Clos Blanc, and Les Arvelets have also been cited in the past as good sources for Pommard. Particularly high achievers are de Courcel, Comte Armand, and many of the best growers in Volnay such as de Montille and Pousse d’Or.

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de Montille- Region of Production

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Cote d’Or

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de Montille- Winery Location

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Volnay

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de Montille- Year Established

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1863

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de Montille- Summary

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In 1947, Hubert de Montille took over the family domaine at the young age of 17. Although the domaine had been considerably larger in the 19th century, by this point, the family owned just three hectares of vineyards, the rest of the parcels (the likes of Musigny, Bonnes-Mares, Chambolle Les Amoureuses and others) having been sold off through the years by family members who were in need of cash. Working with such a small domaine then, Hubert continued practicing law, gradually using the profits from his successful, Dijon-based firm to buy up vineyard parcels bit by bit. In 1990, his son Etienne (who had worked as a lawyer in banking), began assisting Hubert. Etienne transitioned the family vineyards to organic farming in 1995, then converted to biodynamics in 2005. In 2003, he and his sister, Alix, also began a négociant company called Deux Montille, which is almost wholly dedicated to producing white wines from purchased grapes; Deux Montille is overseen by Alix, whose background with white wines included stints as winemaker for Alex Gambal and Ropiteau Frères. In 2005, Etienne negotiated a complicated purchase of the Domaine Thomas-Moillard, splitting that house’s vineyards with Domaine Dujac and thereby increasing the de Montille holdings in both the Côte de Beaune as well as the Côte de Nuits. The expansion continued with the purchase of the Château de Puligny-Montrachet in 2012, which Etienne had managed since 2001 for the bank that owned the property. At the time of writing it is unclear how much of the new vineyards’ production will be bottled under the Château de Puligny-Montrachet label, so all facts and figures below are for Domaine de Montille alone.

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de Montille- Key Vineyard Holdings

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20 ha

Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru: 0.84 ha Pinot Noir

Corton Pougets Grand Cru: 0.5 ha Pinot Noir (young vines); 0.5 ha Chardonnay

Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru: 0.29 ha Pinot Noir (from the Thomas-Moillard purchase)

Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts Premier Cru: 1.37 ha Pinot Noir (from the Thomas-Moillard purchase)

Pommard Rugiens Premier Cru: 1.02 ha Pinot Noir

Pommard Grands Epenots Premier Cru: 0.23 ha Pinot Noir

Volnay Taillepieds Premier Cru: 1.51 ha Pinot Noir

Volnay Champans Premier Cru: 0.96 ha Pinot Noir

Volnay Mitans Premier Cru: 0.73 ha Pinot Noir

Puligny-Montrachet Le Cailleret Premier Cru: 0.85 ha Chardonnay

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de Montille- Average Total Production

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8,000 cases

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de Montille- Top Wines Produced

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Corton-Charlemagne: from the Chardonnay in Peugeots

Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru

Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts Premier Cru

Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts “Cuvée Christiane” Premier Cru: a special bottling named after Hubert’s wife; from the 0.48-ha parcel surrounded by La Tâche on two sides.

Pommard Rugiens Premier Cru

Pommard Grands Epenots Premier Cru

Volnay Taillepieds Premier Cru

Volnay Champans Premier Cru

Volnay Mitans Premier Cru

Puligny-Montrachet Le Cailleret Premier Cru

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de Montille- Inaugural Vintages

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domaine-bottling began in 1947

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de Montille- Description of Vindication Techniques

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Etienne has shifted in style from his father’s wines, which were known for their delicacy and ability to age, but which could be extremely hard and austere in youth (particularly in more challenging vintages). In the vineyards, Etienne lowered yields and picks later, while in the winery he has backed off on extraction, with only two or three pigeages per day during maceration. The red grapes are generally vinified as whole clusters (subject to vintage conditions, e.g. not in 2004). No new oak is used for the regional and village wines, while the premiers crus see up to 30%, and the grands crus and Malconsorts are aged in 50% new oak. The wines are aged in oak for 14-18 months and are generally bottled without fining or filtration

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Jacques Carllion- Region of Production

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Côte de Beaune

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Jacques Carllion- Winery Location

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Puligny-Montrachet

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Jacques Carllion- Year Established

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1520

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Jacques Carllion- Summary

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Carillon is a venerable name in Puligny-Montrachet, with documents dating back to 1520 that reference Carillons farming vines in the village. In 2010, the domaine known as Louis Carillon was divided between Louis’s two sons, Jacques and François, and both brothers now produce excellent wines under their own labels. The care in Jacques Carillon’s vineyards is evident; plowing is preferred to the use of herbicides, vines are re-planted by selection massale, and systemic fungicides are rarely used. This is an excellent name for reserved and elegant Puligny-Montrachets.

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Jacques Carllion- Key Vineyard Holdings

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5.25 ha total

Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.12 ha Chardonnay; 48-year-old vines

Puligny-Montrachet Les Champs Canet Premier Cru: 0.55 ha Chardonnay; 42-year-old vines

Puligny-Montrachet Les Perrières Premier Cru: 0.61 ha Chardonnay; 38-year-old vines

Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts Premier Cru: 0.24 ha Chardonnay; 45-year-old vines

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Macherelles Premier Cru: 0.2 ha Chardonnay, planted in 2003

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Jacques Carllion- Average Total Production

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unknown

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Jacques Carllion- Top Wines Produced

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Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

Puligny-Montrachet Les Champs Canet Premier Cru

Puligny-Montrachet Les Perrières Premier Cru

Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts Premier Cru

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Macherelles Premier Cru

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Jacques Carllion- Inaugural Vintage

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2010 under the Jacques Carillon label

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Jacques Carllion- Brief description of style/ vinification

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Jacques’s wines are known for their focus and reserve. After pressing, the juice is settled and transferred to barrel for fermentation and aging in a maximum of 10-25% new oak for 12 months. The wines are then racked and blended in stainless steel, where they rest on their fine lees for six months prior to bottling.

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Bonneau du Martray- Region of production

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Corton

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Bonneau du Martray- Winery Location

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Pernand-Vergelesses

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Bonneau du Martray- Year Established

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1790s

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Bonneau du Martray- Summary

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The property that is now the Bonneau du Martray estate was originally part of a larger parcel deeded to the Abbey of Saulieu by Charlemagne in 775CE, then sold to the Bonneau-Véry family when the Church’s lands were confiscated after the French Revolution. Today, Jean-Charles le Bault de la Morinière (whose mother inherited the domaine from her uncle, René Bonneau du Martray) runs the domaine. Jean-Charles returned to plowing the vineyards and converted to organic farming. He began experiments with biodynamics in the mid-2000s, farming one third of the estate’s Chardonnay biodynamically so as to gauge wine quality against organic plots. The entire estate is now biodynamic (Ecocert certified in 2012; Demeter certification to follow). Jean-Charles also worked to improve the estate’s previously underperforming Corton Rouge by replacing some of the vines with Chardonnay and preserving only the oldest Pinot Noir vines for the cuvée. Bonneau du Martray has the unique distinction of being the only domaine in Burgundy to sell only grand cru wine.

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Bonneau du Martray- Key Vineyard Holdings

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11 ha

Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru En Charlemagne: 4.5 ha Chardonnay; soil is thin, rocky marl over hard, white limestone base

Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Le Charlemagne: 5.15 ha Chardonnay, 1.35 ha Pinot Noir; soil is rocky marl with flint over hard, white limestone base; the lower slopes have more iron and clay and are planted to Pinot Noir

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Bonneau du Martray- Average Total Production

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4,500 cases

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Bonneau du Martray- Top Wines Produced

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Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

Corton Grand Cru (not imported into the U.S. currently)

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Bonneau du Martray- Inaugural Vintages

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Domaine-bottling began in the early 1970s.

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Bonneau du Martray- Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques

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The domaine’s holdings are divided into 15 white blocks and two red blocks, all of which are hand-harvested and vinified separately. The whites are whole-cluster-pressed, and after 24 hours of settling, fermentation takes place in one-third new barrels without inoculation. Bâtonnage is performed carefully, the frequency and duration of which are determined by constant tasting of the young wine. After 12 months in oak the wine is racked to stainless steel for several months’ aging prior to bottling. On occasion, the domaine also holds quantities of wine back for aging and later release.

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Bouchard Pere et Fils- Region of production

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Cote d’ Or

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Bouchard Pere et Fils- Winery Location

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Beaune

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Bouchard Pere et Fils- Year Established

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1731

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Bouchard Pere et Fils- Summary

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Bouchard Père et Fils is a historic name in Burgundy, tracing its history back to Michel Bouchard’s first purchase of vines in 1731. In 1775, Joseph Bouchard purchased vines in the Caillerets premier cru in Volnay—fruit from that plot is now the foundation of their famous “Ancienne Cuvée Carnot” bottling. The family continued to grow their holdings, adding vineyards in Beaune Grèves for their iconic “Vigne de l’Enfant Jésus” at the auction of biens nationaux after the Revolution in 1792, and purchasing the Château de Beaune in 1820, where they now house a large library collection of their wines in extensive underground cellars. The winery was revitalized in 1995 when the Henriot Champagne house purchased the business from the Bouchard family. Henriot has invested extensively in both the vineyards and the winery: Holdings in Meursault were expanded with the 1996 purchase of the Ropiteau domaine, and the following two years saw purchases in Bonnes-Mares, Clos de Vougeot, Gevrey-Chambertin, Les Cazetiers and others. In 2005 the winery was moved to a new gravity-flow facility outside of Beaune, where the number of fermentation tanks nearly doubled to 146, enabling greater precision for separately fermenting parcels. The wines at Bouchard have improved dramatically in the last two decades, restoring the reputation of this historic house.

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Bouchard Pere et Fils- Key Vineyard Holdings

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130 ha total

Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru: 2.54 ha Chardonnay

Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.89 ha Chardonnay

Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru: 3.25 ha Chardonnay

Corton Grand Cru: 3.67 ha Pinot Noir

Meursault Genevrières Premier Cru: 2.65 ha Chardonnay

Beaune Clos Saint-Landry Premier Cru: 1.98 ha Chardonnay (monopole)

Beaune Clos de la Mousse Premier Cru: 3.36 ha Pinot Noir (monopole)

Beaune Grèves Premier Cru: 4.0 ha Pinot Noir

Volnay Caillerets Premier Cru: 4.0 ha Pinot Noir

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Bouchard Pere et Fils- Average Total Production

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250,000 cases

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Bouchard Pere et Fils- Top Wines Produced

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Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

Chevalier-Montrachet “La Cabotte” Grand Cru: from the small lieu-dit of the same name

Beaune Clos Saint-Landry Premier Cru (white)

Beaune Grèves “Vigne de l’Enfant Jesus” Premier Cru (red)

Beaune Clos de la Mousse Premier Cru (red)

Beaune “Beaune du Château” Premier Cru (white and red): blended from multiple premier crus

Volnay Caillerets “Ancienne Cuvée Carnot” Premier Cru

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Bouchard Pere et Fils- Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques

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The white grapes are whole-cluster-pressed in a pneumatic press, and the juice is cold-settled before being racked into stainless steel. The juice begins fermentation in stainless steel, and once half of the sugar has been consumed, the must is transferred to barrel to finish fermentation and aging. Bouchard uses only 10-20% new oak for their whites—even the grands crus—and they avoid bâtonnage, instead turning the barrels to incorporate the lees. The whites are bottled after 10-12 months of barrel-aging. The red grapes are sorted and generally de-stemmed, though in certain vintages a percentage of whole clusters may be utilized. After a four- to eight-day cold soak, the reds ferment in open, wooden vats as well as stainless steel tanks, and pigeage is performed twice daily by a custom-designed, automated system. Pressing is done with a vertical basket press after about four weeks on the skins. The reds are aged in 10-25% new oak for the village wines, 60-80% for the premiers crus, and 80-100% new oak for the grands crus. The reds are bottled after 10-18 months in oak, and the premiers and grands crus are usually bottled without fining or filtration.

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Roulot- Region of production

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Côte de Beaune

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Roulot- Winery Location

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Meursault

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Roulot- Year Established

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Circa 1930

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Roulot- Summary

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Originally, the Roulot family was known for distilling; it was Guy Roulot who turned the domaine’s focus to winemaking and who first launched this estate toward its current level of stardom. Guy was a big believer in the distinctive qualities of his “deuxième crus” (village-level lieux-dits), bottling several outstanding, unique examples that became hallmarks of the estate. Guy passed away unexpectedly in 1982, and his son, Jean-Marc, left a career in acting to take over the domaine. Jean-Marc converted the domaine to organic farming and added parcels to the family holdings: First he grabbed a small bit of Meursault Le Porusot Premier Cru in 2003, and then in 2011 he split the vineyard holdings of Domaine Manuel with Dominique Lafon, adding village-level vines as well as the Clos des Bouchères Premier Cru to the family’s portfolio. Jean-Marc continues to garner acclaim for his multiple Meursault premiers crus and lieux-dits bottlings; the domaine also continues to produce a Marc de Bourgogne, two eaux de vie and an apricot liqueur.

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Roulot- Key Vineyard Holdings

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12.5 ha total

Meursault Perrières Premier Cru: 0.26 ha Chardonnay

Meursault Charmes Premier Cru: 0.28 ha Chardonnay

Meursault Les Bouchères Premier Cru: 1.26 ha Chardonnay; includes the 1.1-ha Clos des Bouchères

Meursault Les Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir: 0.85 ha Chardonnay

Meursault Les Luchets: 1.03 ha Chardonnay

Meursault Les Meix-Chavaux: 0.95 ha Chardonnay

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Roulot- Top Wines Produced

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Meursault Perrières Premier Cru

Meursault Charmes Premier Cru

Meursault Les Bouchères Premier Cru

Meursault Clos des Bouchères Premier Cru

Meursault Les Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir

Meursault Les Luchets

Meursault Les Meix-Chavaux

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Roulot- Inaugural Vintages

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Meursault Clos des Bouchères Premier Cru in 2011

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Roulot- Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques

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Roulot wines tend to be more reserved than the powerful Meursaults of Lafon or Coche-Dury. The grapes are sorted in the vineyard and winery, then crushed prior to pressing. The juice is run without settling into barrels for fermentation and aging, and the wines are aged in 10-30% new oak for 12 months with the lees stirred until malolactic fermentation completes. The wines are then blended and aged six months in stainless steel and are lightly fined and filtered prior to bottling.

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Pernand- Vergelesses

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Village in the Côte de Beaune district of Burgundy’s Côte d’Or producing red and white wines. The former, made from Pinot Noir, are somewhat angular in style and do not always appear fully ripe as Pernand is set back from the main sweep of the Côte and many of its vineyards have a westerly, even north western exposition, which can retard ripening. Pernand chose to suffix the name of its best red wine vineyard, east-facing Les Vergelesses, which it shares with neighbouring Savigny-lès-Beaune, although the most sought-after wines are the whites on the Pernand side of the hill of Corton (see aloxe-corton). Seventeen of the 72 ha/178 acres entitled to the grand cru appellation Corton-Charlemagne lie within Pernand-Vergelesses. White Pernand wines have a hard but attractive flinty character which develops well during bottle ageing. As it ages, bourgogne aligoté from this area is said to resemble white Pernand-Vergelesses; and white Pernand to approach the quality of Corton-Charlemagne. The most famous producer based in Pernand-Vergelesses is Bonneau du Martray, one of the top names in Corton-Charlemagne, while Domaines Dubreuil-Fontaine, Rapet, and Rollin also produce fine ranges of wine.

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Beaune

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Vinous capital of burgundy giving its name to the Côte de Beaune section of the côte d’or vineyards. Beaune was founded as a Roman camp by Julius Caesar, became the seat of the dukes of Burgundy until the 13th century, and, although losing political supremacy to Dijon thereafter, has always been the centre of the Burgundian wine industry. In the 18th century, the first merchant houses such as Champy (1720) and Bouchard (1731) were established and Beaune remains home to such leading négociants as Louis jadot, Joseph drouhin, Louis latour, and bouchard père et fils. Beaune wines are mostly red, made from Pinot Noir grapes, although plantings of Chardonnay have increased since the 1990s. There is more sand in the soil here than in most Côte d’Or villages so the red wines tend to be no more than medium bodied, best drunk between five and ten years old. While neither as powerful as pommard nor as elegant as volnay, Beaune wines are more supple than Corton (see aloxe-corton) and can be a charming introduction to good burgundy. Before the enforcement of appellation contrôlée regulations, many local wines were sold as Beaune as a readily marketable label of convenience. Now the town has a good rather than great reputation for its wines, perhaps because there are few outstanding domaines in an appellation dominated by merchants. However, Beaune is blessed with an unusually high proportion, nearly three-quarters, of premier cru vineyards. Indeed those of village status are the exception, being limited to small parcels of land clinging to unsuitable upper slopes and some low-lying vineyards with richer soils. Otherwise the vineyards of Beaune form a broad swathe of premiers crus from the border with savigny-lès-beaune to Pommard. The finest vineyards are regarded as those situated almost directly between the town and the hill of Les Mondes Rondes: Les Grèves, Les Bressandes, Les Teurons, and Les Avaux. Beaune-Grèves includes Bouchard’s noted Vigne de l’Enfant Jésus vineyard, while Beaune-Vignes Franches includes Louis Jadot’s Clos des Ursules. Other noted premier cru vineyards are Les Marconnets and Clos du Roi near the border with Savigny, and Clos des Mouches abutting Pommard. Although the red wines from this vineyard are not always memorable, Joseph Drouhin makes a rich, complex, and age-worthy white Clos des Mouches which is highly sought after. Producers with a wide range of Beaune premiers crus (other than the négociants cited above) include Domaine des Croix and Albert Morot. In 1443 Nicolas Rolin founded the Hôtel Dieu, Beaune’s principal tourist attraction.

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Domaine de la Romanee- Conti

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The most prestigious wine estate in Burgundy, based in Vosne-Romanée. ‘The Domaine’, as it is frequently called, is co-owned by the de Villaine and leroy families and produces only grand cru wines: one white, Le montrachet, and six reds: Romanée-Conti and La Tâche (both monopoles of the domaine), Richebourg, Romanée-St-Vivant, Échezeaux, and Grands Échezeaux. For more details of individual wines, see vosne-romanée and échezeaux. The Domaine is the exception to the law according to which no estate in Burgundy may be named after a specific vineyard. Its wines are notable for their richness and longevity.

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Domaine de la Romanee- Conti- History

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What is now Romanée-Conti was identified by the monks of St-Vivant as Le Cloux des Cinq Journaux in 1512 and sold off, as Le Cros de Cloux, in 1584 to Claude Cousin. His nephew and heir Germain Danton sold again to Jacques Vénot in 1621. Vénot’s daughter married a Croonembourg, which family retained the vineyard, now known as La Romanée (first mentioned in 1651), for four generations until it was sold to the Prince de Conti in 1760. The title Romanée-Conti was not used, however, until after dispossession by the revolutionaries and its sale by auction in 1794. Romanée-Conti was bought by Julien Ouvard in 1819 and sold by his heirs to Jacques-Marie Duvault-Blochet 50 years later. Duvault-Blochet’s eventual heirs were the de Villaine family. In 1911, Edmond Guidon de Villaine became director of what was now known as the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, selling a half-share in 1942 to his friend Henri Leroy. Over the years, Duvault-Blochet built up major vineyard ownership including part of Échezeaux, Grands Échezeaux, Richebourg, and the section of La Tâche known as Les Gaudichots. In 1933, the rest of La Tâche was bought from the Liger-Belair family, making a monopoly, and a small holding of Le Montrachet (0.67 ha/1.6 acres) was added in three slices between 1963 and 1980. The Domaine entered into a long-term contract to farm and produce the wines of Domaine Marey-Monge’s holding of Romanée-St-Vivant before eventually buying the land in 1988. This necessitated selling part of their Échezeaux vineyards and a slice of Grands Échezeaux, although they continue to farm the land and bottle the wines. From 2009 the Domaine has also made a Corton, having leased three vineyards there from the estate of Prince Florent de Mérode. The produce of further vineyards owned by the Domaine in Vosne-Romanée and Bâtard-Montrachet is sold in bulk or kept for domestic consumption. Today the Domaine continues to be owned jointly by the de Villaine and Leroy/Roch families, with Aubert de Villaine and Henri-Frédéric Roch in place as co-directors.

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Bouchard Pere et Fils

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One of Beaune’s large merchant houses (quite distinct from Bouchard Aîné), and the most important vineyard owner on Burgundy’s Côte de beaune. Based since 1731 in the 15th-century Château de Beaune, a landmark in this medieval wine town, the house was established by Michel Bouchard, a Dauphiné textile merchant, and taken over in 1995 by Joseph Henriot of the eponymous champagne house who once ran veuve clicquot. By that stage the beleaguered ninth generation of Bouchards had vineyard land acquired over the centuries that totalled more than 90 ha/230 acres and Henriot has continued to add to this, with 86 of the firm’s 130 ha/321 acres in grands crus or premiers crus. Bouchard have holdings in 22 different Beaune vineyards, including their exclusivity in Beaune-Grèves, Vigne de l’Enfant Jésus, and monopoles Beaune, Clos de la Mousse, Beaune, Clos St Landry, and Volnay, Frémiets Clos de la Rougeotte. They are also particularly proud of their 0.89-ha/2.2-acre holding in Le montrachet, and their particularly significant share of Chevalier-Montrachet with their holding of 2.33 ha/5.75 acres. In 1998, the Chablis firm William Fèvre was also acquired by the Henriot family and has been taken from strength to strength. Wines from their own vineyards are undoubtedly Bouchard’s best. For the much larger négociant business, the firm buys in considerable quantities of grapes and young wines for élevage in the firm’s cellars in Savigny-lès-Beaune. Under Henriot, even relatively inexpensive red wines became noticeably deeper and more concentrated.

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Savigny- les- Beaune

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A small town in burgundy near Beaune, as lès (Old French for near) implies, with its own appellation for red wine and a little white. The reds are agreeable, rivalling those of beaune itself, but lack the depth and character of wines from villages such as Pommard or Volnay more prominently sited on the limestone escarpment. The village is divided by the river Rhoin. Those vineyards on the southern side, including premiers crus Les Peuillets, Les Narbantons, Les Rouvrettes, and Les Marconnets, are on sandy soil and produce wines similar to those of Beaune, although lighter. Those on the other side of the village, towards Pernand-Vergelesses, including Les Lavières and Les Vergelesses, are on stonier soil. An engraving dating from 1703 at the Château de Savigny describes the wines as nourishing, theological, and disease-defying—‘nourrissants, théologiques et morbifuges’. A little white wine is produced from Chardonnay. Chandon de Briailles and Simon Bize have been the leading producers based here.

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Aloxe- Corton

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A small village of charm at the northern end of the Côte de Beaune in Burgundy. First references to vineyards in Aloxe date back to 696, while in 775 charlemagne ceded vines to the Abbey of St-Andoche at Saulieu. Aloxe is dominated by the hill of Corton, planted on three sides with vineyards including the grands crus Corton (almost all red) and Corton-Charlemagne (white). Corton is the sole grand cru appellation for red wine in the côte de beaune and covers several vineyards which may be described simply as Corton or as Corton hyphenated with their names. While all Corton tends to be a dense, closed wine when young, Bressandes is noted for its comparative suppleness and charm; Renardes for its rustic, gamey character; Perrières for extra finesse; and Clos du Roi for the optimum balance between weight and elegance. It is often regarded as the finest of the Corton vineyards. Other Corton vineyards are Le Charlemagne, Les Pougets, and Les Languettes, all of which more often produce white Corton-Charlemagne, and Les Chaumes, Les Grèves, Les Fiètres, Les Meix, Clos de la Vigne au Saint, and part of Les Paulands and Les Maréchaudes. Further Corton vineyards extend into ladoix-Serrigny. Although Corton is planted almost entirely with Pinot Noir vines, a tiny amount of white Corton is made, including the hospices de beaune cuvée Paul Chanson from Chardonnay. The great white wines, however, are those made within the Corton-Charlemagne appellation, which stretches in a narrow band around the top of the hill from Ladoix-Serrigny, through Aloxe-Corton to pernand-vergelesses, where it descends down the western edge of the hillside. The mesoclimate governing Corton-Charlemagne is fractionally cooler than that of Corton and the soils are different. Whereas red Corton is mainly produced on reddish chalky clay which is rich in marl, the soil at the top of the hill and on the western edge is lighter and whiter, its stoniness believed locally to impart a gunflint edge to the wines of Corton-Charlemagne. There remains some Pinot Blanc in the otherwise Chardonnay-dominated Corton-Charlemagne vineyards, which formerly were widely planted with Pinot Beurot (see pinot gris) and Aligoté. A great Corton may seem ungainly in its sturdiness when young but should have the power to develop into a rich wine with complex, gamey flavours at eight to ten years old. Cortons should, with pommard, be the most intense and longest-lived wines of the Côte de Beaune. Corton-Charlemagne also needs time to develop its exceptional character of breed, backbone, and racy power. Needing a minimum of five years, a good example will be better for a full decade in bottle. Although more than half the vineyard area is given over to the grands crus, Aloxe-Corton also has its share of premier cru and village vineyards producing mainly red wines which can be supple and well coloured but mostly do not justify their significant premium over the wines of savigny-lès-beaune. Apart from Les Guérets and Les Vercots, which are adjacent to Les Fichots in the commune of Pernand-Vergelesses, the premiers crus of Aloxe-Corton form a band just below the swathe of grand cru vineyards, extending into Ladoix-Serrigny.

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Corton

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And Corton-Charlemagne, respectively the great red and white grands crus in aloxe-corton in Burgundy’s côte d’or.

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Hautes Cotes de Beaune

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And Hautes Côtes de Nuits, sometimes known collectively as the Hautes Côtes, vineyards dispersed in the hills above the escarpment of the Côte d’Or in Burgundy. Most of the production is red wine from Pinot Noir, with some white wine made from Chardonnay or occasionally Pinot Blanc or Pinot Gris, but at elevations reaching 500 m/1,640 ft the grapes do not ripen easily. This is also suitable ground for bourgogne aligoté, especially as the blackcurrant bushes needed for the production of cassis can often be seen growing alongside. Forty-seven communes are included in the Hautes Côtes appellations. The most prolific villages include Meloisey, Nantoux, and Échevronne above the Côte de Beaune and Villars-Fontaine, Magny-lès-Villars, and Marey-lès-Fussey above the Côte de Nuits. There is a good co-operative for the Hautes Côtes wines located just outside Beaune. Many leading growers in the Côte de Nuits such as the Gros family now also offer affordable wines from the Hautes Côtes.

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Coche-Dury- Region of production:

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Côte de Beaune

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Coche-Dury- Winery Location:

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Meursault

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Coche-Dury- Year Established:

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1973

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Coche-Dury- Summary:

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Jean-François Coche-Dury produces some of the most sought-after bottles of white Burgundy that routinely command stratospheric prices. Jean-François took over from his father in 1972 and is now passing the family vineyards along to his son Raphaël. Jean-François is adamant that the quality of his wines is set in the vineyard, where the immaculate vines are pruned to very low yields. There are no clones in the Coche-Dury vineyards; all vine-by-vine replanting is done by selection massale. While mostly famous for white wines, Coche-Dury also makes excellent, rare red wines.

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Coche-Dury- Key Vineyard Holdings:

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10.43 ha total

Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru: 0.34 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1960
Meursault Genevrières Premier Cru: 0.2 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1947
Meursault Perrières Premier Cru: 0.5 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1950, 1970 and 2005
Meursault Caillerets Premier Cru: 0.33 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1960
Meursault Les Rougeots: 0.7 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1943, 1962 and 1974
Meursault Les Chevalières: 0.12 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1956

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Coche-Dury- Average Total Production:

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4,200 cases

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Coche-Dury- Top Wines Produced:

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Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Meursault Genevrières Premier Cru
Meursault Perrières Premier Cru
Meursault Caillerets Premier Cru
Meursault Les Rougeots
Volnay Premier Cru: blended from Caillerets and Clos de Chênes
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Coche-Dury- Inaugural Vintages:

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unknown

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Coche-Dury- Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques:

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Coche-Dury wines are known for their focus and power as well as strong oak signature. The whites are whole-cluster pressed and settled prior to fermentation in a large proportion of new oak for top wines; bâtonnage is typically employed, though the frequency changes according to vintage conditions. The whites also age in oak for 18-22 months prior to bottling without filtration. As for the red grapes, they are completely de-stemmed and spend roughly 10-14 days on the skins. Aging is in less new wood than the whites, and the reds are bottled after 14-16 months in barrel.

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Domaine Leflaive- Region of production:

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Côte de Beaune

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Domaine Leflaive- Winery Location:

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Puligny-Montrachet

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Domaine Leflaive- Year Established:

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1717

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Domaine Leflaive- Summary:

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It’s difficult to argue with the assertion that Domaine Leflaive owns the greatest collection of Chardonnay-producing vineyards in the Côte d’Or. While the domaine’s history can be traced back to Claude Leflaive in 1717, it was Joseph Leflaive in 1905 who began to construct the modern version of the estate, expanding holdings from two to 25 hectares.

Next in line was Joseph’s son, Vincent (who snapped up the small Montrachet parcel), followed in 1991 by Vincent’s daughter, Anne-Claude, along with her cousin, Olivier. Olivier left to focus on his own négociant label in 1993, while Anne-Claude began experimenting with biodynamic farming of the estate’s vineyards. She began with a small parcel of Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet that was slated to be pulled out due to fan-leaf virus. When those vines responded well, her biodynamic experiments were expanded to several other parcels in Puligny-Montrachet. By 1997, after several years of fastidious, side-by-side comparisons of soil ecology, vine health and wine quality comparing biodynamic, organic and conventionally-farmed parcels, the entire estate was converted to biodynamic viticulture. The domaine’s operations are currently managed by Eric Rémy, who took over for the retired Pierre Morey in 2008.

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Domaine Leflaive- Key Vineyard Holdings:

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24.5 ha total

Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.08 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1960
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru: 1.99 ha Chardonnay, planted in the 1950s, 1964, 1974 and 1980
Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru: 1.91 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1962, 1964, 1974, 1979 and 1989
Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru: 1.15 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1958 and 1959
Puligny-Montrachet Pucelles Premier Cru: 3.06 ha Chardonnay across three parcels, planted from 1954-1985
Puligny-Montrachet Combettes Premier Cru: 0.73 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1963 and 1972
Puligny-Montrachet Folatières Premier Cru: 1.26 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1962, 1969, 1983 and 1999
Puligny-Montrachet Clavoillon Premier Cru: 4.79 ha Chardonnay from one large parcel, planted from 1958-1988
Meursault Sous le Dos d’Ane Premier Cru: 0.54 ha

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Domaine Leflaive- Average Total Production:

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10,000 cases

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Domaine Leflaive- Top Wines Produced:

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Montrachet Grand Cru
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Puligny-Montrachet Pucelles Premier Cru
Puligny-Montrachet Combettes Premier Cru
Puligny-Montrachet Folatières Premier Cru
Puligny-Montrachet Clavoillon Premier Cru
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Domaine Leflaive- Inaugural Vintage for Top Wines:

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Montrachet Grand Cru in 1991

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Domaine Leflaive- Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques:

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Currently, Leflaive produces only white wines. Healthy fruit is of the utmost importance for the domaine, so the grapes are sorted in both the vineyard and the winery prior to pressing. The juice is settled for 12-24 hours before being racked to oak for fermentation and aging, and the percentage of new oak used is on the low side: up to 10% new for the Bourgogne, 25% for the premiers crus and 30% for the grands crus—except the Montrachet, which is usually aged in a single new barrel, often specially coopered to accommodate the precise size of the harvest. Neither primary nor secondary fermentation are inoculated, and bâtonnage is currently practiced with less frequency than in the past (it’s now stopped completely by Christmas). The wines are racked to stainless steel after 16 months, then lightly fined and filtered if necessary and bottled by gravity.

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Marquis d’ Angerville- Region of production:

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Côte de Beaune

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Marquis d’ Angerville- Winery Location:

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Volnay

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Marquis d’ Angerville- Year Established:

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1888

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Marquis d’ Angerville- Summary:

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The Marquis d’Angerville was an important influence in the domaine-bottling movement in Burgundy. In the 1920s, Jacques d’Angerville was highly critical of the négociants’ widespread fraudulent blending in their cellars, and after threatening a lawsuit that left him without clients for his bulk wine, Jacques was forced to bottle, market and sell the wines himself.

Today, the flagship of the estate remains the monopole Clos des Ducs, which lies just north of the family’s manor house in Volnay. The estate is run by the current Marquis, Guillaume d’Angerville, who has maintained the exemplary quality of the wines while converting the vineyards to biodynamics in 2009.

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Marquis d’ Angerville- Key Vineyard Holdings:

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15 ha total

Volnay Clos des Ducs Premier Cru: a 2.15-ha monopole of Pinot Noir, planted in 1955, 1959, 1987 and 2000

Volnay Fremiets Premier Cru: 1.58 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1955, 1979, 1999 and 2002

Volnay Champans Premier Cru: 3.98 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1958-1962, 1996 and 2005

Volnay Caillerets Premier Cru: 0.46 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1998 and 2003

Volnay Taillepieds Premier Cru: 1.07 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1969-1977

Meursault Santenots Premier Cru: 1.05 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1970, 1990 and 2008

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Marquis d’ Angerville- Average Total Production:

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Unknown

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Marquis d’ Angerville- Top Wines Produced:

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Volnay Clos des Ducs Premier Cru

Volnay Fremiets Premier Cru

Volnay Champans Premier Cru

Volnay Caillerets Premier Cru

Volnay Taillepieds Premier Cru

Volnay Premier Cru: blended from small holdings in Mitans, Pitures and (prior to 2008) Les Angles

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Marquis d’ Angerville- Inaugural Vintage for Top Wines:

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Domaine-bottling began in the 1920s

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Marquis d’ Angerville- Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques:

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Vinification is fairly traditional at d’Angerville: The red grapes are completely de-stemmed, and all grapes are cooled and fermented with indigenous yeast, with macerations lasting 15-21 days. The free-run and press wines are combined and racked after two days of settling into barrels. A maximum of 20% new oak is used. The wines are aged in barrel for 15-18 months and are only fined and filtered if absolutely necessary before bottling. While pale in color, the wines have a history of aging very well.

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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey- Region of production:

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Côte de Beaune

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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey- Winery Location:

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Chassagne-Montrachet

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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey- Year Established:

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2001

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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey- Summary:

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Pierre-Yves Colin is the oldest son of Saint-Aubin’s Marc Colin. In 2001, while working at the family domaine, Pierre-Yves began a négociant project with his wife, Caroline Morey. In 2005, he left Domaine Marc Colin to focus on this new business, and in 2006 he took his share of the family vines to found his own domaine in addition to his négociant work. With last names like Colin and Morey in this part of town, Pierre-Yves’s and Caroline’s list of local grower contacts is long, and they regularly produce an extensive lineup of grand and premier cru wines from Chassagne and Puligny-Montrachet. In their own vineyards, they are currently experimenting with organic viticulture, yields are controlled by severe green pruning, and dead vines are replaced by sélection massale. In a short period of time, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has become one of the star producers of white Burgundy.

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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey- Key Vineyard Holdings:

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5.35 ha total

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets Premier Cru: 0.2 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1950

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chenevottes Premier Cru: 0.4 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1960

Saint-Aubin En Remilly Premier Cru: 0.65 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1975

Saint-Aubin La Chatenière Premier Cru: 0.60 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1970

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Ancegnières: 0.4 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1930

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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey- Average Total Production:

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6,000 cases

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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey- Top Wines Produced:

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(domaine-bottled wines only)

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets Premier Cru

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chenevottes Premier Cru

Saint-Aubin En Remilly Premier Cru

Saint-Aubin La Chatenière Premier Cru

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Ancegnières

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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey- Inaugural Vintages:

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2001 for négociant wines; 2006 for domaine wines

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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey- Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques:

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Pierre-Yves’s wines are powerful and clean. The whites are whole-cluster pressed, and the juice goes directly to barrel without settling. The wines ferment with indigenous yeast in 30% new oak—50% new for the Bâtard-Montrachet. Around 80% of the barrels are 350 liters (rather than the traditional 228-liter pièce) in order to minimize the impact of new oak on the wine. The wines spend 16-20 months there prior to bottling, and bâtonnage is not practiced. The wines are fined if needed, and bottled without filtration.

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What are the two villages that make up St- Aubin?

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St Aubin and Gamay

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Charles the great was also known as?

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Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne (742 AD- 814 AD)

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The Bonneau- Very family who bought the vines in Charlemagne during the revolution were related to who?

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Nicolas Rolin, the founder of the Hospices de Beaune

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Bonneau du Martray is even more special for two reasons?

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They are probably the only domaine in Burgundy that produces only Grand Cru wines and because it owns the largest part of En Charlemagne

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What is the Hospice de Beaunes full name?

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Hospice Civils de Beaune