Producers Flashcards
DRC
History
History can be traced to the 1869 purchase of Romanée-Conti by Jacques-Marie Duvault-Blochet, a Santenay-based négociant. n 1942, Duvault-Blochet’s heirs, Edmond Gaudin de Villaine and Jacques Chambon, transformed the domaine into a société civile by splitting the shares equally between their families to prevent the domaine’s fracture when Jacques Chambon wanted to sell his portion. Henri Leroy, a négociant and personal friend of de Villaine, purchased Chambon’s half of the domaine and his heirs still own it. Today, Edmond de Villaine’s son, Aubert de Villaine, and Henry Leroy’s grandson, Henri-Frédéric Roch, oversee the domaine. In 1963, the domaine first purchased vines in Montrachet, and signed a lease for Prince Florent de Merode’s Corton vines in 2008. All farming has been organic since 1986 and biodynamic since 2007. The average vine age is 40-50 years. Re-planting is done by selection massale taken from Romanée-Conti’s pre-phylloxera vines prior to their removal in 1945.
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Vineyard Holdings
Vineyard Holdings: 29.27 ha total
Romanée-Conti Grand Cru (monopole): 1.81 ha Pinot Noir
La Tâche Grand Cru (monopole): 6.06 ha Pinot Noir
Richebourg Grand Cru: 3.51 ha Pinot Noir
Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru: 5.29 ha Pinot Noir
Grands-Echézeaux Grand Cru: 3.53 ha Pinot Noir
Echézeaux Grand Cru: 4.67 ha Pinot Noir
Corton Bressandes Grand Cru: 1.19 ha Pinot Noir
Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru: 0.57 ha Pinot Noir
Corton Renardes Grand Cru: 0.51 ha Pinot Noir
Le Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.68 ha Chardonnay
Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.17 ha Chardonnay
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Where does the Duval Blochet fruit come from?
Cuvée Duvault-Blochet” Premier Cru: produced in certain vintages from the domaine’s small holdings in Gaudichots, Petits Monts, and Au-Dessus de Malconsorts as well as second crop from the grand crus.
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Montrachet first vintage?
1965
DRC
Duval Blochet first vintage?
1999
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Corton first vintage?
2009
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How is montrachet produced?
Late picked (botrytis)
Whole cluster
Racked after cold soak over night
Elevage in 100% new Tronçais barrels
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Red wine production
Either whole cluster or partial de-stem depending on vintage
Pigeage takes place twice a day after fermentation begins, and the wine averages 17-21 days on the skins. After pressing the wines age in 98% new oak for 18-22 months before it is bottled without fining or filtering. Wines are blended and bottled six barrels at a time using a bottling tank, to eliminate bottle variation that would occur were each barrel bottled individually.
What year was DRC established?
1869
What year did Armand Rousseau found his domaine?
1909
Rousseau
Who is widely credited for the domaine success
Armands son Charles
Rousseau Vinification techniques
At harvest, the grapes are sorted in the vineyard and 90% de-stemmed—but not crushed. Fermentations start (without adding yeast) after four or five days of cold soak, and the wines are pumped over at the start of fermentation for oxygenation, then punched down in the latter stages. The wines spend 18-20 days on the skins and are settled for 24 hours after pressing. The Chambertin and Chambertin Clos de Bèze are aged in 100% new oak, the Clos Saint-Jacques is aged in 80% new oak, and the remaining grands and premiers crus are aged in once-used (or older) barrels. The wines spend 18 months in oak with one racking and are filtered prior to bottling.
Rousseau Holdings
Chambertin Grand Cru: 2.15 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1930-1997
Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru: 1.42 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1935-2000
Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru: 1.37 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1948-1990
Ruchottes-Chambertin “Clos des Ruchottes” Grand Cru: 1.06 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1950-2003
Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru: 0.53 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1945 and 1978
Clos de la Roche Grand Cru: 1.48 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1961-2008
Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques Premier Cru: 2.22 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1935-1993
Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers Premier Cru: 0.60 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1948
Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux Saint-Jacques Premier Cru: 0.47 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1948-1996
Dujac
Year Established?
First Vintage?
`1967
1969- 1st vintage
Dujac
Farming
Viticulture has been organic and biodynamic for some time, clones are no longer used for any re-plantings, and the vines are pruned short with extra buds removed to assure a balanced crop and healthy fruit