Côte de Nuits #1 Flashcards
Morey-Saint-Denis
2 premiers crus located above the grands crus
- Les Chaffots
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Monts Luisants
- most premiers crus of M-S-D band together lower on the hillside, east of the grands crus
Morey-Saint-Denis
- 4 ‘Clos’ grands crus
- 2 ‘Clos’ actually surrounded by walls as their names indicate
- Clos de la Roche
- Cos Saint-Denis
- *Clos de Lambrays
- *Clos de Tart
Gevrey-Chambertin
2 best grands crus on the west side of Route des Grand Crus
- Chambertin
- Clos de Bèze
Gevrey-Chambertin
7 Producers
- Rousseau
- Fourrier
- Claude Dugat
- Denis Bachelet
- Denis Mortet
- Joseph Roty
- Pierre Damoy
Nuits and Premeaux
5 Star Domaines
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Robert Chevillon
- Vaucrains 1er (75-100 yo vines), Les Saint-Georges 1er (75 yo vines)
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Domaine de l’Arlot
- Clos de l’Arlot 1er, Clos des Forêts 1er (monopoles)
- Jean-Jacques Confuron
- Michèle & Patrice Rion
- Regis Forey
Morey-Saint-Denis
- premier cru that permits white wine from Aligote
- Only estate to release a wine of that designation
- Monts Luisants
- Ponsot
Who made Cros Parantoux famous?
Henri Jayer
Where is Echézeaux Grand Cru AOP in relation to the commune of Echézeaux?
- Share the same boundaries
- The grand cru aligns with the borders of the commune
Gevrey-Chambertin
Three premiers crus
- Clos Saint-Jacques
- Les Cazetiers
- Aux Combottes
Vosne-Romanée
Five top premiers crus
- Les Suchots
- Les Beaux Monts
- Les Petits Monts
- Aux Malconsorts
- Cros Parantoux - made famous by Henri Jayer
Côtes de Nuits
AOPs that permit white wine
- Marsannay AOP (red, white, rosé)
- Fixin AOP
- Morey-Saint-Denis AOP
- Vougeot AOP
- Nuits-Saint-Georges AOP
- Côte de Nuits-Villages AOP
Joseph Faiveley
Headquarters
Nuits-Saint-Georges
- Joseph Faively, one of Burgundy’s largest domaines
Where does the biannual Grands Jours de Bourgogne take place?
Château de Clos de Vougeot
- Owned by the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin
Morey-Saint-Denis
5 grands crus
(hint: 4 of 5 are Clos)
- Clos de la Roche
- Clos Saint-Denis
- Clos de Tart
- Clos des Lambrays
- Bonnes Mares - sliver of a 5th
Clos de Vougeot
Number of owners
82
La Romanée Grand Cru
Slopes gradient
17-20%
(steeper than Romanée-Conti at 10-15%)
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Largest commune
Nuits-Saint-Georges
- Over 5,000 inhabitants
Côte de Nuits
3 grands crus that touch D974
- Mazoyères-Chambertin
- Charmes-Chambertin
- Clos de Vougeot
Gevery-Chambetin
Reason for a style of power, strength, color and concentration
Cold-soaking and other extractive techniques (particularly in the 1990s)
Fixin
Top premier cru
Monopole
- Clos de la Perrière - boundaries cross Brochon
- Domaine de la Perrière
Fixin
- Commune btwn Couchey (N) and Brochon (S)
- Red and white, village and premier cru
- White wines make up less than 5%
- Monopole Clos de la Perrière, owned by Domaine de la Perrière
- climat boundaries cross Brochon border (S)
- top 1er cru in Fixin
- only current source of 1er Cru blanc
- reds more Gevrey-Chambertin than Marsannay in style
- burly, earthy, tannic in youth; Clive Coates, “sauvage”
Gevrey-Chambetin
General elevation of the grands crus located on the west side of the Route des Grand Crus
275-300 meters
Domaine Clair-Däu’s spiritual successor
Domaine Bruno Clair
- Bruno Clair is Clair-Däu founder’s grandson
- inherited half of the domaine upon its dissolution in 1985
- top estate in Marsannay today
Grand Cru Clos Vougeot
Number of growers
80 growers
- Grand Cru Clos Vougeot
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Northernmost and newest of the appellations
Marsannay
- est 1987
- 230 ha
- 3 communes N to S
- Chenôve
- Marsannay-La Côte
- Couchey
- history of winegrowing dating back to the 600s
- only village to produce all three colors red, white, rosé
Burgundy’s oldest climat
Clos de Bèze
What does Clos de la Roche mean?
vineyard “on the rocks”
Clos des Réas
Monopole
Michel Gros
Smallest AOP in France
Size in ha
La Romanée
.85 ha
Gevrey-Chambertin
Steepest grand cru with the highest elevation
Ruchottes
(up to 320 meters)
Year Clos de la Roche Grand Cru AOP was enlarged over 10 ha
1971
- Absorbed pieces of neighboring climats
Morey-Saint-Denis
Producer
- Dujac
- Ponsot
- Perrot-Minot
- Guy Castagnier
- Hubert Lignier
- Clos de Tart
Les Amoureuses 1er Cru
Village
Chambolle-Musigny
Domaine that introduded rosé from Marsannay in the 1920s
now-defunct Domaine Clair-Däu
- Early economic boon to vignerons, reds historically among the lightest in the Côte de Nuits (Gamay was prominent in Marsannay from mid 1800s until 1960s)
- Domaine Bruno Clair is Clair-Däu’s successor - Bruno Clair is founder’s grandson and inherited half of the domaine upon its dissolution in 1985 - top estate in Marsannay today
- Currently, no 1er Crus in Marsannay, but frequently label top village sites with a lieu-dit
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Largest Grand Cru
Size in ha
Clos de Vougeot
50 ha
Bonnes Mares
General style
Muscular and tannic
- Different than the traditional elegant style of the rest of Chambolle-Musigny
Chambolle-Musigny
Four domaines
- De Vogüé
- Georges Roumier
- Ghislaine Barthod
- Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier
Reason Mazoyères and Charmes are the grands crus of Gevrey with the most variable quality
Size
- Considered collectively they have over 30 ha of vines that allows for a range in soils, aspects, and micro climates
Reason Aux Combottes wasn’t awarded grand cru status
Because, not one of the producers at the time (1930s) were actually from Gevrey-Chambertin
Marsannay
Top estate
Domaine Bruno Clair
Slopes of Clos Saint-Jacques and Les Cazetiers compared to the grands crus of Gevrey-Chambertin
steeper, more south facing
chlorosis
chlorosis - condition in which leaves produce insufficient chlorophyll
- Chlorophyll - responsible for the green color of leaves, thus chlorotic leaves are pale, yellow, or yellow-white
- Affected plant has little or no ability to manufacture carbohydrates through photosynthesis and may die unless the cause of its chlorophyll insufficiency is treated
- Often seen in vineyards high in limestone, such as Barolo, Rioja, Champagne, Burgundy
- Grapevine often struggles to pull sufficient levels of iron, which is a needed component in the production of chlorophyll
Chambolle
General style
fragrant, floral, silky
- Musigny is the archetype of elegance
grands crus on the east side of Route des Grand Crus
Generally lower quality
*Griotte is the exception, saved by producers
Clos de la Maréchale
Monopole
Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier
Fixin
Most ambitious grower
Domaine de la Perrière
- Monopole Clos de la Perrière, top 1er cru in Fixin AOP
- Climat boundaries cross Brochon border (S)
- Only current source of 1er Cru blanc
Clos Saint-Denis vs Clos de la Roche
General style
- Clos Saint-Denis - light, elegant
- Clos de la Roche - structured, powerful
Romanée-Conti Grand Cru
Exposure and gradient
- Perfectly East facing
- 10-15% gradient
- = maximum daytime ripening
Nuits-Saint-Georges
300 total ha
Number of ha planted to white grapes
7 ha
- Only 3-4% production
Marsannay
230 ha
3 communes N to S
- Chenôve
- Marsanny-La-Côte
- Couchey