France - Côte de Nuits Flashcards
What AOC do Corgoloin and Comblanchien fall under?
Cote de Nuits-Villages; S end of Cote de Nuits, just N of Beaune. Notable vineyards - Le Vaucrain; just W and uphill of Clos de la Marechale in Premeaux, red and whites from Jadot and red from Daniel Rion;
What communes allow wine to be bottled at Cote de Nuits-Villages
Fixin, Brochon, Premeaux-Prissey, Corgoloin, Comblanchien
What may appear on a label instead of “Cote de Nuits-Villages?”
“Vins fins de la Côte de Nuits”
What communes may bottle Marsannay AOC?
Marsannay-la-Côte, Chenôve, Couchey
What styles of wine may be produced in Marsannay AOC?
red, rose, white
What is the important vineyard in Chenove?
Clos de Roy (Roi) - see wines from Sylvain Pataille, Jean Fournier, and Regis Bouvier
Are there any grands crus or premiers crus in Marsannay?
No, only lieux-dits
Name three important lieux-dits in Marsannay commune
les Echezaux, Le Boivin, Longeroies (Dessus and Bas)
Name two important lieux-dits in Couchey commune
Champs Perdrix (S end of commune, crosses into Fixin territory), Au Champ Solomon
Discuss terroir and soils of Marsannay AOC
Bajocian/Bathonian limestone bedrock covered with alluvial wash topsoil deposited from Ouche river, vineyards are east facing, with the rosé vineyards at either the bottom or extreme top of the slope.
What is the newest Cote de Nuits AOC?
Marsannay - 1987
What commune can bottle Bourgogne AOP - Le Chapitre?
Chenove
What commune can bottle Bourgogne AOP - Montrecul?
Dijon. May be red, white, rosé. Lieux-dit just south of Dijon in suburbs.
What is the most northernly named appellation of the Cote d’Or?
Montrecul
What commune can bottle Bourgogne AOP - La Chapelle Notre Dame?
Ladoix-Serrigny
Is any vineyard land in Marsanny designated 1er cru?
No, but the application process began in 2002 to designate about 30% of the vineyards as 1er cru.
What village is Sylvain Pataille associated with?
Marsannay - bottles single vineyard wines and rosé
What village is Domaine Bart associated with?
Marsannay
Where is Domaine Bruno Clair?
Marsannay
Where is Domaine Jean Fournier?
Marsannay (Clos du Roi, “Es Chezots,” etc)
Who are important bottles of Marsannay located outside the village?
Denis Mortet, Joseph Roty
What are the 1er cru vineyards of Fixin?
Les Arvelets (“Hervelets”), Les Hervelets (including Le Meix Bas - .5 ha), Clos du Chapitre, Clos de la Perrier, Clos Napoleon
Where is Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet?
Fixin
Where is Domaine Pierre Gelin?
Fixin
Where is Domaine Joliet (Manoir de la Perriere?
Fixin
Can Fixin produce white wines?
Yes, though very few are made (notably, Clos de la Perrière blanc - Joliet, Drouhin)
What is the style of Fixin rouge?
May be similar to Gevrey, with structure and savory notes, have been accused of a very rustic quality, but there are very fine examples.
What Fixin 1er cru vineyard extends into Brochon?
Clos de la Perrière - the Queue de Hareng lieux dit
Who owns Fixin 1er cru Clos Napoleon?
Pierre Gelin - monopole
What AOPs cover the wine grown in Brochon?
Fixin AOP (1er cru Clos de la Perrière “Queue de Harang”) and Gevrey-Chambertin AOP (village wines), and Cotes de Nuits Villages AOP
Where is Brochon located?
Between Fixin and Gevrey
What are the grand cru vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin?
Chambertin, Chambertin Clos-de-Beze, Ruchottes Chambertin, Mazi Chambertin, Charmes Chambertin, Mazoyeres Chambertin, Griotte Chambertin, Latricières Chambertin, Chapelle Chambertin (9)
What are the premier cru vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin?
Au Closeau, Aux Combottes, Bel Air, Champonnet, Cherbaudes, Clos des Varoilles, Clos du Chapitre, Clos Prieur, Clos St. Jacques, Craipillot, En Ergot, Estournelles-St-Jacques, Fonteny, Issarts, La Boissière, la Combe-au-Moine, La Perrière, La Romanee, Lavaux St Jacques, Les Cazatiers, Les Champeaux, Les Corbeaux, Les Goulots, Petits Cazatiers, Petite Chapelle, Poissenot
What are the 1er Cru Gevrey vineyards that border Grand Crus?
Bel Air - above Clos de Beze, below forest; Issarts - north of Ruchottes; Fonteny - north of Ruchottes (Bas); Les Corbeaux - north of Mazi; Au Closseau/La Perrière/Clos Prieur/Cherbaudes - below Mazi (lower on the slope, to the East); Petite Chapelle - below Chapelle-Chambertin; Aux Combottes - south of Latricieres, above Mazoyeres, N of Clos de La Roche (MSD).
Where is Domaine Armand Rousseau?
Gevrey Chambertin
Where is Domaine Rossignol Trapet?
Gevrey
Where is Domaine Denis Mortet?
Gevrey
Where is Domaine Harmand-Geoffroy?
Gevrey
Where is Domaine Fourrier?
Gevrey
Where is Domaine Sylvie Esmonin?
Gevrey
Where is Domaine Denis Bachelet?
Gevrey
Where is Alain Burguet?
Gevrey
Where is Pierre Damoy?
Gevrey
Major producers of Chambertin Grand Cru?
Armand Rousseau, Jacques Prieur, Leroy, Dujac, Bertagna, Joseph Drouhin, Ponsot, Jean Trapet, Rossignol-Trapet
Major producers of Chambertin Clos de Bèze?
Pierre Damoy, Armand Rousseau, Prieuré Roch, Drouhin-Laroze, Faiveley, Bruno Clair, Louis Jadot, Dujac
Major producers of Chapelle-Chambertin?
Pierre Damoy, Ponsot, Jean Trapet, Claude Dugat, Louis Jadot
Where/what is Les Gémeaux?
1.79 ha climat within Chapelle-Chambertin
Major producers of Charmes-Chambertin?
Perrot-Minot, Armand Rousseau, Dujac, Dugat-Py, Ponsot, Hubert Lignier
A producer with vines in Mazoyeres Chambertin may also label their wine as…?
Charmes Chambertin
Major producers of Griotte-Chambertin?
Domaine des Chézeaux, Fourrier, Joseph Drouhin
Major producers of Latricières-Chambertin?
Faiveley, Rossignol-Trapet, Jean Trapet, Drouhin-Laroze, Leroy
What is typically the coldest grand cru site in Gevrey?
Latricieres
Major producers of Mazi-Chambertin?
Hospices de Beaune (Cuvée Madeleine Collignon), Dugat-Py, Faiveley, Armand Rousseau, Maume, Frédéric Esmonin, d’Auvenay
Major producers of Mazoyères-Chambertin?
de la Vougeraie, Perrot-Minot, Benjamin Leroux
Major producers of Ruchottes-Chambertin?
Armand Rousseau, Georges Mugneret, Frédéric Esmonin, Christophe Roumier
What is Rousseau’s parcel of Ruchottes called?
Clos de Ruchottes
What is the steepest of the Gevrey grand cru sites?
Ruchottes
What is immediately to the north of Clos de Beze?
Mazi - similar aspect and slope
What is the only 1er cru in the entire Cote d’Or to be surrounded by grand cru vineyards?
Aux Combottes
Who produces Gevrey Aux Combottes?
Dujac, Leroy
What is the one wine outside of Gevrey that Rousseau producers?
Grand Cru Clos de la Roche, MSD
Who was an early domaine bottler in Gevrey?
Armand Rousseau
Which Gevrey grand crus are above (west) the Route des Grand Crus?
Latricieres, Chambertin, Clos de Beze, Mazi, Ruchottes
What is the general terroir of the Gevrey grand crus that lie above the Route des Grands Crus?
These vineyards share the same east-southeast aspect and general elevation (275 to 300 meters), and are characterized by thin, rocky marl soils, tinted red on the lower slope by iron oxide
Which vineyards are considered superior in Gevrey, those above or below the Route des Grands Crus?
Above. Steeper slope. These include Chambertin and Clos de Beze.
What are the two most important sites on the Cote St. Jacques?
Clos St Jacques and Les Cazatiers
Who bottles a Gevrey - Clos St Jacques?
Fourrier, Rousseau, Esmonin, Jadot, Bruno Clair (each parcel runs from top of slope to bottom)
Who bottles a Gevrey - Les Cazatiers?
Bruno Clair, Armand Rousseau, Faiveley, Jadot, Christian Serafin
Which 1er cru vineyards border Clos St Jacques?
Les Cazatiers, Estournelles, Lavaux
Where is Claude Dugat?
Gevrey-Chambertin
Name a Bruno Clair monopole in Gevrey?
Clos du Fonteny (upper part of Fonteny)
Who bottles a Gevrey - Lavaux St. Jacques?
Rousseau, Mortet, Dugat-Py, Harmand Geoffroy
Where is Domaine Sérefin?
Gevrey-Chambertin
What were some challenges in 2016 in Gevrey Chambertin?
Frost, mildew, and hail - greatly reduced crop size
What is the terroir of Lavaux St Jacques?
Cool site (last Rousseau vineyard to be picked), tucked into the Combe de Lavaux. Gentle, south facing slope.
What is (potentially) the most inconsistent Gevrey grand cru, and why?
Charmes-Chambertin/Mazoyeres Chambertin. When considered together, they make up a very large 30 ha of vines. Mazoyeres extends all the way down the slope to the D 974 (Clos de Vougeot is the only other Cote de Nuits grand cru to do so)
What are the only two Cotes de Nuits grands crus to border the D 974?
Mazoyeres (ou Charmes) Chambertin and Clos de Vougeot
Who produces Gevrey - Champeaux?
Fourrier, Denis Mortet
What is the most northern Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru?
Les Champeaux
What are the Morey St Denis grand crus?
Bonnes Mares (mostly in Chambolle), Clos de Tart, Clos de Lambrays, Clos St-Denis, Clos de la Roche
What MSD grand cru(s) are monopoles?
Clos de Tart (Francois Pinault) only. Clos des Lambrays is 99% owned by Domaine des Lambrays, but it not technically a monopole (Taupenot-Merme makes about one and a half barrels from their tiny parcel each year).
Name a MSD premier cru monopole
Bussiere - Roumier; Clos de la Bussière
What MSD vineyard is authorized for Aligoté?
Monts Luisants
What is unique about Monts Luisants?
This lieu dit spans three designations - village, 1er cru, and grand cru (within Clos de Roche). Famously Ponsot’s bottling of Aligoté as MSD 1er cru Monts Luisants. Dujac also bottles 1er cru blanc Monts Luisants, but it is chardonnay.
Who producers Clos de la Roche?
Ponsot, Dujac, Armand Rousseau, Hubert Lignier, Lignier-Michelot
Who owns Clos de Tart?
2016, Francois Pinault - Artemis Group (Latour, Eisele, etc)
Who owns Clos de Lambrays?
99% Domaine des Lambrays (LVMH - 2014), 1% Taupenot Merme
What is the only true monopole grand cru in MSD?
Clos de Tart
What is the most structured grand cru wine in MSD?
Clos de la Roche
Describe the character of MSD (vs Gevrey, vs Chambolle-Musigny)
Fuller bodied than Chambolle-Musigny, more round and fruit driven than Gevrey, cherry/raspberry fruited, more gamy/plump than either neighbor. Often described in terms of a composite between those two neighbors. The hallmark, from Ponsot, is balance.
Who makes Clos St-Denis?
Dujac, Bertagna, Ponsot, Drouhin
Who makes Bonnes Mares?
de Vogüé, Georges Roumier, Louis Jadot, Robert Groffier, de la Vougeraie
What two communes share Bonnes Mares?
Chambolle-Musigny and Morey-Saint-Denis
Name 10 producers in MSD -
Pierre Amiot, Domaine Arlaud, Domaine Dujac, Domaine Robert Groffier, Domaine des Lambrays, Georges Lignier, Hubert Lignier, Maison Frederic Magnien, Domaine Michel Magnien, Perrot-Pinot, Domaine Ponsot, Domaine du Clos de Tart, Taupenot-Merme
Why do many producers make MSD 1er cru, instead of bottling a named climat?
Often, here, the 1er crus are very small, and producers will have parcels in several. Also, younger wines may be declassified from the grands crus.
What is Les Faconnières?
MSD 1er cru
What is Clos Sorbé?
MSD 1er cru
What is Clos de la Bussière?
MSD, 1er cru monopole - Roumier
What are the grands crus of Chambolle-Musigny?
Musigny, Bonnes Mares (shared with MSD)
What is Aux Beaux Bruns, and who makes it?
Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru - Ghislaine Barthod and Denis Mortet
What is Les Amoureuses and who makes it?
Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru, next to Les Musigny - Robert Groffier, de Vogüé, J-F Mugnier, Georges Roumier, J. Drouhin
What is Les Cras and who makes it?
Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru - Roumier and Barthod
What is Les Fuées and who makes it?
Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru - J-F Mugnier, Joseph Faiveley, Ghislaine Barthod, Perrot-Minot
What are important 1er cru vineyards in Chambolle-Musigny?
Les Amoureusses, Les Cras, Les Fuées, Aux Beaux Bruns, Les Greunchers, Les Sentiers
What is Les Greunchers and who makes it?
Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru - Dujac, Fourrier, Liger-Belair
Describe the style of Chambolle-Musigny
Graceful, emphasis on fragrance over power, rich fruit and fine texture.
Where is Domaine Ghislaine Barthod located?
Chambolle-Musigny
Where is Domaine Georges Roumier?
Chambolle-Musigny
Where is Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé?
Chambolle-Musigny
What is the grand cru vineyard of Vougeot AOP?
Clos de Vougeot
What is the largest grand cru vineyard in the Cote de Nuits?
Clos de Vougeot (50+ ha)
What is the largest walled vineyard (Clos) in the entire Cote d’Or?
Clos de Vougeot
Who producers Clos de Vougeot grand cru?
Méo Camuzet, Rebourseau, Grivot, Vougeraie, Faiveley, Jacques Prieur, Anne Gros
Who is the largest owner of Clos de la Roche?
Domaine Ponsot
Describe the 2017 growing season in the Cote d’Or
Some early risk of frost, that was successfully avoided with the usual measures - wind turbines and candle burning (also hay bales burned in the morning to obscure the sun). Warm and dry mostly (isolated hail, minor, in Monts Luisants and Clos de la Roche). Whites started to harvest in late August, reds around September 3/4 - clean ripe fruit.
What is the newest grand cru in the Cote d’Or?
La Grande Rue, Vosne, 1992, Domaine Lamarche monopole
Who makes La Grand Rue grand cru?
Domaine Lamarche - monopole
What are the Grands Crus of Vosne Romanee/Flagey-Echezaux?
8 (6/2) - Romanee Conti, La Tache, Richebourg, Romanee-St-Vivant, La Grand Rue, La Romanee, Echezaux, Grands Echezaux
What are the monopole grand cru vineyards of Vosne-Romanee?
La Romanee - Liger-Belair; La Grand Rue - Domaine Lamarache; La Tache and Romanee Conti - DRC
Who bottles Richebourg?
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Leroy, Anne Gros, Gros Frères, Méo-Camuzet, Liger-Belair
Who bottles RSV?
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Leroy, Robert Arnoux, Sylvain Cathiard
Who bottles Echezaux?
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Emmanuel Rouget, François Lamarche, Mugneret-Gibourg, Perdrix, Robert Arnoux, Jean Grivot, Anne Gros, Liger-Belair
Approximate size of Echezaux?
38 ha
Smallest AOP in France?
Romanee Conti, Vosne grand cru, DRC monopole
What is Aux Malconsorts and who makes it?
Vosne 1er cru - Albert Bichot, Sylvain Cathiard, Dujac, de Montille
What is Clos des Réas and who makes it?
Vosne 1er cru monopole of Michel Gros
What is Clos Parantoux?
legendary Vosne 1er cru - now made by only Emmanuel Rouget and Méo-Camuzet, formerly Henri Jayer
What is Les Beaux Monts?
Vosne 1er cru - Dujac, Bertagna, Daniel Rion, Hudelot-Noëllat, Jean Grivot
What is Les Suchots?
Vosne 1er cru - Hudelot-Noëllat, Robert Arnoux, Confuron-Cotétidot, Lamarche, Liger-Belair, Mongeard-Mugneret
Name 5 important producers in Vosne-Romanee
DRC, Anne Gros, Sylvian Cathiard, Bruno Clavelier, Domaine Jean Grivot, Domaine Leroy, Domaine Lamarche, Comte Liger-Belair, Meo-Camuzet, Mongeard-Mugneret, Emmanuel Rouget
What is Aux Brûlées?
Vosne 1er cru - d’Eugénie, Michel Gros, Grivot, Leroy, Méo-Camuzet, Bruno Clavelier
What is Aux Raignots (Reignots)?
Vosne 1er cru - Liger-Belair, Sylvain Cathiard, Robert Arnoux, Jean Grivot
What is Les Gaudichots?
Vosne 1er cru - Regis Forey
Name 2 NSG 1er cru monopoles?
Clos de l’Arlot - Domaine de l’Arlot; Clos de la Marechale - Mugnier (formerly Faiveley); both in Premeaux
What NSG 1er crus border Vosne Romanee?
Aux Boudots and Les Damodes - both border Malconsorts
Name 5 producers in NSG
Robert Chevillon, Domaine de l’Arlot, Dominique Laurent, Faiveley, Henri Gouges, Domaine de la Vougeraie
What is the only Vosne 1er cru that does not border a grand cru?
Clos des Réas, Michel Gros monopole
Describe two styles of red wines from Nuits St Georges?
North side, near Vosne, produces silky, fine textured wines (see Boudots, Damodes, Aux Cras, Murgers, Chaignots); South side, south of town toward Comblanchien (including Premeaux), makes tougher, more tannic, maybe more rustic wines (see Clos de la Marechale, Clos de l’Arlot, Les Saint Georges, Clos St Marc)
What are the grand crus of Nuits St Georges?
None
Name 5 important 1er crus in Nuits St Georges
Les St-Georges (Gouges, Chevillon, Faiveley, Michelot); Les Vaucrains (Chevillon, Gouges, Michelot), Ronciere (Grivot, Chevillon), Pruliers (Grivot, Gouges, Chevillon), Les Damodes (Vougeraie, Faiveley)
What communes may bottle Nuits St Georges AOP?
Nuits-Saint-Georges and Premeaux-Prissey
What is the most southern 1er cru in Cote de Nuits?
Clos de la Maréchale
What is the Clos des Grandes Vignes and what is unique about it?
It is the 1er cru part of the NSG “Les Grandes Vignes,” the only 1er cru in Cote d’Or on “wrong” side of RN74, now owned by Liger-Belair, formerly Chateau de Puligny Montrachet
What are the 3 monopoles owned by Liger-Belair?
La Grand Rue (Vosne grand cru), Clos des Grandes Vignes (NSG 1er cru), Clos du Chateau (Vosne Village)
Who are two Cote de Nuits producers that are proponents of stem inclusion?
DRC, Dujac
What is the difference in terroir from Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune?
Nuits is mostly east, and Beaune mostly SE facing. Slope is generally more gentle in the Cote de Beaune, but might reach higher overall elevations.
Where is J-C Boisset based?
Nuits St Georges
What is the dominant soil in Gevrey Chambertin?
brown limestone and marl
Soils of Bonnes Mares?
light clay-flint over a subsoil of limestone and white marl
5 producers of Bonnes Mares
Georges de Vogué, Dujac, Roumier, Lignier, Bruno Clair
Which two communes share Bonnes Mares?
Chambolle (the majority) and Gevrey
What are the three lieux-dits of Musigny? Which are monopoles?
Les Musigny (Les Grands Musigny), Petit, and La Combe d’Orveau. Petit Musigny is a monopole of Comte George de Vogué, Come d’Orveau is owned by Jacques Prieur.
5 bottlers of Musigny
Vogué, Prieur, Leroy, Dujac, Jadot, Roumier, Faiveley
Soils of Musigny
Limestone and red clay
Which two important 1er crus of Chambolle are found high on the slope, effectively a continuation of Bonnes Mares?
Les Cras, Les Fueés. Barthod and Roumier make excellent les Cras, and Faiveley, Barthod, and Mugnier have great expressions of Fueés.
5 important 1er cru vineyards in Chambolle
les Cras, les Fueés, les charmes, Combottes, les Amoureuses.
3 producers of les Amoureuses (Chambolle 1er cru)
Vogué, Georges Roumier, Groffier
IN April 2019, which wine outpaced DRC romance-conti to become the most
Domaine Leroy Musigny (Roumier Musigny is #3)
