Côte de Nuits #1 Flashcards
Morey-Saint-Denis
2 premiers crus located above the grands crus

- Les Chaffots
-
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

-
Robert Chevillon
- Vaucrains 1er (75-100 yo vines), Les Saint-Georges 1er (75 yo vines)
-
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%)
Côte de Nuits
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

Côte de Nuits
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

Côte de Nuits
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

Chambolle-Musigny
Best premier cru

Les Amoureuses

La Romanée
Monopole

Comte Liger-Belair

Vosne-Romanée
6 Grand Cru vineyards
- La Tâche
- La Grand Rue
- La Romanée
- Romanée-Conti
- Romanée-Saint-Vivant
- Richebourg

Clos de Lambrays
Domaine that controls 8.7 of the 8.8 ha

Domaine des Lambrays
Côte de Nuits
- Only appellation permitted to make rosé
- Domaine who introduced rosé to the region, and when
- Marsannay
- Domaine Clair-Däu, early 1920s
2 villages that may produce wine labeled Gevrey-Chambertin
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Brochon
Morey-Saint-Denis
% of vineyards classified as premier cru or grand cru
50%

Vosne-Romanée
- Number of grands crus
- Number of those grands crus that are monopoles

- 6 grand crus
- 4 monopoles

La Tâche and Romanée-Conti
Sole owner

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti

Marsannay
3 communes N to S
- Chenôve
- Marsannay-La Côte
- Couchey

Vougeot
1 grand cru
Clos de Vougeot / Clos Vougeot

Year La Grande Rue AOP finally achieved grand cru status
1992 - La Grand Rue grand cru
- 1936, Henri Lamarche declined to apply for an appellation as it would raise his taxes!
- Monopole of Domaine Lamarche

Domaine Comte Georges de Vögue
Sole parcel of Chardonnay
grand cru Musigny

Released as Bourgogne blanc while vines planted in 1990s mature
Time period Gamay was prominent in Marsannay
mid 1800s to 1960s
Morey-Saint-Denis
grand cru that produces the most structured wine in the village
Clos de la Roche

Producers from Mazoyères often release their wines as what?
Charmes-Chambertin AOP

Nuits-Saints-Georges
Flagship estate

Domaine Henri Gouges

Musigny Grand Cru
Domaine that owns 3/4 of the vineyard
Domaine Comte Georges de Vögue
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Southernmost premier cru

Clos de la Maréchale
- Monopole of Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier

La Grand Rue
Monopole
Domaine Lamarche - La Grand Rue (GC in 1992)
- 1936 Henri Lamarche declined to apply for an appellation as it would raise his taxes!

Premier cru that could be the steepest in Côte de Nuits (50% gradient), and is a neighbor to Clos de la Maréchale
Clos Arlot

Most expensive red wine on earth at release
Romanée-Conti
Chambolle-Musigny
Soil

High active limestone w/ lower % of clay
- Triggers mild chlorosis,one cause for silky ethereal, light-colored style
Gevrey-Chambertin
4 grands crus east of the Route des Grands Crus
- Chapelle-Chambertin
- Griotte-Chambertin
- Charmes-Chambertin
- Mazoyères-Chambertin

Chambolle-Musigny
3 top-climats that line the slope alongside grand cru Bonnes Mares
- Les Fuées
- Les Véroilles
- Les Cras

Armand Rousseau

premiers crus
$$$ expensive, a lot of new wood
- Cazetiers ‘14 $575
- Clos Saint Jacques ‘90 $4975
- Clos Saint Jacques ‘02 $3220
- Clos Saint Jacques ‘14 $1390
- Clos Saint Jacques ‘15 $1800
- Lavaux Saint Jacques ‘15 $640

Domaine Dujac
Jeremy Seysses w/ wife Diana Snowden (Californian, trained oenologist; Jacques est domaine in 1967, he practiced 100% whole cluster, Jeremy partially destems when needed (esp Gev-Ch)
- Clos Saint-Denis GC: 1.29 ha PN; 35 yo vines
- Clos de la Roche GC: 1.95 ha PN 30 yo vines LARGEST GC holding
- Echézeaux GC: 0.69 ha PN; 25 yo vines
- Bonnes Mares GC: 0.58 ha PN; 30 yo vines
- Chambertin GC: 0.29 ha PN; 40 yo vines
- Romanée Saint-Vivant GC: 0.16 ha PN; 60 yo vines
- Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes 1er Cru: 1.15 ha PN; 30 yo vines
- Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts 1er Cru: 1.57 ha PN; 45 yo vines
- Morey-Saint-Denis Monts Luisants 1er Cru: 0.6 ha Ch, planted in 1997

Gevrey-Chambertin
grands crus of on the east side vs west side
General style
East - Lighter

Gervrey-Chambertin
grands crus on the west side of Route des Grand Crus
Soils
Thin, rocky marl, tinted red on the lower slope by iron oxide
- E, SE facing

grand cru divided between the villages of Chambolle-Musigny and Morey-St-Denis
Bonnes-Mares

Vosne-Romanée
5 of the greatest domaines

- Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
- Domaine Leroy
- Comte Liger-Belair
- Sylvain Cathiard
- Méo-Camuzet

Reason to know producers in Gevrey-Chambertin
Due to the size of Gevrey-Chabetin and amount of vineyards that lie east of D974, there are more variations of soils (high limestone content vs water logged, heavy clay), aspects, and microclimates that lead to a wider variety of quality.
Only premier cru in Burgundy surrounded on all four sides by grands crus
Aux Combottes
- South Gevrey

2 villages that share grand cru Bonnes-Mares
- Morey Saint-Denis
- Chambolle-Musigny - containes the majority of Bonnes-Mares

Last grand cru in Burgundy to be replanted after phylloxera
Romanée-Conti
1946
Gevrey-Chambertin
N to S, 5 grands crus of on the west side of the Route des Grand Crus
- Ruchottes-Chambertin
- Mazis-Chambertin
- Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
- Chambertin itself
- Latricières Chambertin

Musigny
3 lieu-dits
- Le Musigny
- Les Petits Musigny
- La Combe d’Orveaux - small sector of 1er Cru

Côte d’Or’s largest appellation
Gevrey-Chambertin
La Grande Rue
Monopole

François Lamarche

Owner of the historic, Renaissance-era Château de Clos de Vougeot
The Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin
- Burg wine brotherhood and promo org founded in 1934, acquired the château after WWll, today backdrop for major tastings and charity events (Grand Jours de Bourgogne)
Chambolle-Musigny
2 grand crus
- Bonnes-Mares
- Musigny

Northernmost appellation of the Côte de Nuits
Marsannay

Size in ha of Chambertin and Clos de Bèze when considered collectively
28 ha

Reason producers from the village of Flagey-Echézeaux label their wines as Vosne-Romanée
Because, the town of Flagey-Echézeaux does not have a legal appellation (AOP)
Fixin
Top 1er Cru
Clos de la Perrière
- Domaine de la Perrière, the monopole’s owner
- boundaries cross Brochon border (S)
- only current source of 1er Cru blanc

Is the style of Fixin more similar to the lighter wines of Marsannay, or the more powerful, structured and tannic Gevrey-Chambertin?
Gevery-Chambertin
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Most important man

Jean-Claude Boisset
- Amassed a portfolio of estates and négociants under family’s umbrella of brands
- Burgundy’s largest empire
Reason vines in La Romanée planted with north-south row orientation
- Limits impact of erosion from steeper gradient (17-20%)
- It would also be more difficult for tractors to turn around in a traditional up-slope orientation
Bonnes Mares in Morey vs Chambolle
Soil
- Morey - denser red clays (and lower sections)
- Chambolle - lighter marl, rich limestone

% of Bonnes Mares Grand Cru in Chambolle-Musigny

90%

Flagey-Echézeaux
2 grands crus
- Echézeaux
- Grands-Echézeaux
Reason for Chambolle-Musigny’s sliky, ethereal, light-colored style of Pinot Noir

High active limestone soils with lower percentages of clay that can trigger mild chlorosis
Which appellation is known to be more rustic and fuller bodied, Morey-Saint-Denis or Chambolle-Musigny?
Morey-Saint-Denis
Bonnes Mares
Size in ha
15 ha

Morey-Saint-Denis
5 grand crus
- Clos des Lambrays
- Clos de Tart
- Clos Saint-Denis
- Clos de la Roche
- Bonnes Mares

Northernmost grand cru of the Cote d’Or
Mazis-Chambertin

Gevrey-Chambertin
Grand Crus
- Mazis-Chambertin
- Ruchottes-Chambertin
- Chambertin
- Chambertin Clos de Bèze
- Chapelle-Chambertin
- Griotte-Chambertin
- Charmes-Chambertin
- Latricières-Chambertin
- Mazoyères-Chambertin

Chambolle-Musigny
Elevation of hillside vineyards vs neighbors
Higher in elevation

Year Marsannay was established as an AOP
1987
- Newest
Chambolle-Musigny

2 grands crus
- Musigny
- Bonnes Mares

Griotte-Chabertin Grand Cru
Size in ha
2.6 ha

Gevrey-Chambetin
Number of grands crus
9

Bonnes Mares
Number of owners
almost 36
(three-dozen)

Can you produce white wine premier cru in Vougeot?
Yes
- Red and white for Vougeot AOP village and premier cru
- RED ONLY for Clos de Vougeot grand cru
Romanée-Conti
Size in ha
1.8 ha

(vs .85 ha La Romanée - smallest AOP in France)
Every premier cru in Vosne-Romanée shares its borders with a grand cru climat, except one. What is it?
Clos des Réas

Marsannay
Number of premiers crus
None

- but, producers often label with lieu-dit
Grands Crus Echézeaux and Grands-Echézeaux
Largest landowner

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti

Nuits-Saint-Georges
Style of Pinot Noir from vineyards north of town
fruit
- Finesse akin to Vosne-Romanée
Echézeaux
- Size in ha
- Number of parcels

38 ha, 80 indivdual parcels
- Suffers same criticisms as Vougeot - too many producers, too variable quality - no theme of terroir

Richebourg and Romanée-Saint-Vivant
Owner of largest single parcels
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Flagey-Échezeaux
2 grand crus
- Échezeaux
- Grands-Échezeaux

Clos de Tart
Monopole

Mommessin family

Nuits-Saint-Georges
Style of Pinot Noir from vineyards south of town
Tannic, sturdier, more rugged
Les Amoureuses location on the hillside vs Musigny
Les Amoureuses is down slope from Musigny
