Cote de Nuits Flashcards
Main soil of Cote de Nuits
Bathonian | Bajocian ages of wiggle jurassic period. Strata of: argilo-calcaire Ostrea acuminata White oolite
What is Agrilo-calcaire
limestone and clay
What is Ostrea acuminata
fossilized oysters
what is white oolite
A limestone composed mainly of calcium carbonate “oolites,” small spheres formed by the concentric precipitation of calcium carbonate on a sand grain or shell fragment.
Communes of production of Marsannay? N-S
Chenove.
Marsonnay-la-Cote.
Couchey.
3 important producers from Marsannay?
Bruno Clair.
Regis Bouvier.
Sylvain Pataille.
Alluvial soil in Marsannay comes from what river?
River Ouche.
Important Vineyards of Marsannay
(Chenove)?
Clos du Roy.
Important Vineyards of Marsannay (Marsannay)?
Le Boivin. Charme aux Prêtres. Clos de Jeu. Les Echezeaux. Les Favieres. Les Grasses Tetes. Longeroies. En La Montagne. St-Jacques.
Important Vineyards of Marsannay (Couchey)?
Champs Perdrix.
Champ Salomon.
Le Clos.
Aux Genelieres.
Le Boivin vineyard?
(Marsannay)
- 7ha
- centrally located.
- comblanchien marble
producers:
Bernard Coillet.
Joseph Roty.
Champs Perdrix vineyard?
(Marsannay - Couchey) 34.72ha - steep vineyard - southernmost + 350m - chalky marl (upper) \+ ostrea accuminata (lower)
Producers:
Derey Frères.
Domaine Huguenot.
Geantet-Pansiot.
Champ Salomon vineyard?
(Marsannay - Couchey)
- 14ha
- mid-slope boarders Marsannay
Producers: Rene Bouvier. Philippe Collette. Domaine Bart. Domaine Charles Audoin.
Charme aux Prêtres vineyard?
(Marsannay)
- 12
- 20th century name changed to Les Rosey.
- high proportion of limestone
Producers that use old name:
Bernard Coillet.
Sylvain Pataille (white).
Alain Guyard.
Le Clos vineyard?
(Marsannay - Couchey)
- 9ha
- monopole - Rene Bouvier.
- chardonnay
Clos de Jeu vineyard?
(Marsannay)
- 86ha
- 300m contour at the Couchey side of Marsannay
- produces “powerful” reds
Clos du Roy vineyard?
(Marsannay - Chenove)
- 24ha
- Clos du Roi.
- steep east facing slope above Chenove.
- light red soil w/ sand on bed of Comblanchien limestone.
- marl at the top of slope - better or whites.
Producers of Clos du Roy in Marsannay?
Charles Audoin. Regis Bouvier. Rene Bouvier. Jean Fournier. Sylvain Pataille.
Les Echezeaux vineyard?
Marsannay?
(Marsannay)
- 13.88ha
- Echezots | Ez Chezots
- marine ostrea acuminata fossils
Producers:
Domaine Bart.
Jean Fournier.
Les Favieres vineyard?
(Marsannay)
- 86ha
- very little topsoil - 30cm before earth
Producers:
Domaine Bart.
Olivier Guyot.
Aux Genelieres vineyard?
(Marsannay - Couchey) 16.43ha - upper slopes - original vineyard 2ha. - combined 8 lieux-dits: En Combereau --> La Queniciere and En Charriere.
Les Grasses Tetes vineyard?
(Marsannay)
8ha
- thicker clay, slabs of rock
Longeroies vineyard?
(Marsannay)
- 32
- Dessus des Longeroies.
- Bas de Longeroies.
- Limestone slabs (upper)
- thick reddish marl (lower)
Producers: Bruno Clair. Bernard Coillot. Charles Audoin. Rene + Rene Bouvier Denis Mortet.
En la Montagne vineyard?
(Marsannay)
- 66ha
- high on slope - into woods.
- more southern exposure
Producers:
Sylvain Pataille
Olivier Guyot
St-Jacques vineyard?
(Marsannay)
- 91ha
- high on hill above marsannay
- fossilized coquillages
- mostly owned by Domaine Fourgeray de Beauclair.
- red and white (Pinot Blanc).
Villages included in Cote de Nuits Village
North:
Fixin, Brochon.
South:
Prissey, Comblanchien, Corgoloin.
Soil of Fixin?
Bajocian limestone.
much stonier as you move upslope
Premier Crus of Fixin?
(N-S) Arvelets. Hervelets. Les Meix-Bas. Clos Napoleon. Clos de Chapitre. Clos de la Perriere. En Suchot. Queue de Hareng.
Monopoles of Fixin?
Clos de la Perriere - Philippe Joliet.
Clos du Chapitre - Guy Dufouleur.
Clos Napoleon - Domaine Gelin.
two fixin premier crus that can also be labelled Hervelets?
but not vise versa.
Arvelets.
Les Meix-Bas.
What two premier crus are encompassed by Clos de la Perriere?
En Suchots.
Queue de Hareng.
How many hectares of Brochon are entitled to the Gevrey-Chambertin AOC.
50ha
Elevation of Grand Crus vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin?
260ha - 300ha
Only premier cru in Gevrey located south of the grand crus
Aux Combottes
Clos de Beze can also be labeled as what?
Chambertin
Chambertin vineyard?
size.
producers.
12.9ha
275-300meters
Producers: Rousseau: 2.15ha. Trapet: 1.85ha. Camus: 1.69ha. Rossignol-Trapet: 1.6ha. Jacques Prieur: .83ha. Leroy: .5ha.
Soils of Chambertin and Clos de Beze.
Agrilo-calcaire.
whiter marly soil upslope.
problems with the vines at the top of the slope in Chambertin.
Forest runs up to the vineyard.
sits in the shadow of the trees.
Clos de Beze vineyard?
15.4ha.
steeper than Chambertin.
undulating slope N-S.
north end drops off.
Clos de Beze ownership?
Pierre Damoy: 5.36ha. Rousseau: 1.42ha. Drouhin-Laroze: 1.39ha. Faiveley: 1.29ha. Dom. Prieure-Roch: 1.01ha. Bruno Clair: .98ha. Gelin: .6ha. Zibetti: .46ha. Bart: .42ha.
Chapelle-Chambertin vineyard?
5.49ha.
sparse topsoil
suffers in dry years.
Two lieux-dits of Chapelle-Chambertin?
Chapelle (L)
Les Gémeaux “the twins” (R).
- 1.79ha
Charmes-Chambertin soils.
12.24ha.
red soils, higher iron content with limestone pebbles.
Mazoyeres-Chambertin vineyard?
18.59ha.
reaches all the way to RN74
Mazoyeres can also be labeled as what?
Charmes-Chambertin
Chapelle-Chambertin producers.
Pierre Damoy.
Rossignol-Trapet.
Gevrey grand-crus west of the Route des Grands Crus (N-S)
Ruchottes. Mazis. Clos de Beze. Chambertin. Latricieres.
Gevrey grand-crus east of the Route des Grands Crus (N-S)
Chapelle.
Griotte.
Charmes.
Mazoyeres.
Smallest grand cru of Gevrey?
Griotte
2.71ha.
tucked between Charmes and Chapelle.
low lying amphitheater.
6 producers of Griotte.
Ponsot. Rene Leclerc. Joseph Drouhin. Jean-Claude Fourrier, Claude-Dugat. Marchand Freres. Joseph Roty.
Chezeaux has sharecrop contracts with what to producers of Griotte?
Ponsot.
Leclerc.
Soil of Latricieres-Chambertin
7.35ha.
deeper top soil - jurassic limestone with high silica content
Mazis-Chambertin vineyard sections?
9.1ha.
Mazis Haut - superior - soil similar to Ruchottes - oolite
Mazis Bas - deeper brown soil with cooling influence from Combe Lavaux.
Ruchottes-Chambertin vineyard?
3.3ha.
oolite white marl stone.
divided into two sections.
Upper and a lower section
Who owns Clos des Ruchottes?
Rousseau.
1.1ha
upper section of Rousseau.
Producers of Ruchottes
Rousseau. Mugneret-Gibourg. Frederic Esmonin. C. Roumier (Michael Bonnefond). Francois Trapet. Henri Magnien. Ch. de Marsannay. Marchand Grillot.