CLAIMING THE GOLD Presented by: ATTORNEY VOSNE RANGER ATTORNEY JEDI GEVREY JUDGE MISSI HOLLE BAILIFF SHIELDS
IN VINO VERITAS Romans: 92 AD Beaunois Priest, Claude Arnoux: London, 1728 the most considerable wine in all Burgundy It has all the qualities and none of the defects of the other wines
Glorious Beginnings Gabriacus: 640 AD Abbey of Bèze, Duke of Burgundy Monks of the Abbey of Bèze work the land and plant vines Peasant by the name of Bertin Campus or Champ Bertin Chambertin is born
GREATNESS IS YOUR DESTINY
JURASSIC PERIOD CHAMBERTIN-ASAURUS ROMANEE-ATOPS
Warm, shallow sea JURASSIC Sedimentation of sea lilies and sea PERIOD creature fossils Gave their life
The real reason dinosaurs became extinct Limestone and marl deposits
Limestone/calcareous: promotes grape acidity, fossils (calcium) Good water retention and drainage Marl: (combination of limestone/calcareous and clay) promotes grape acidity Stony, sand: drains very well Topsoil: thin, retains water but has good drainage
Total size: 974 acres Grand Cru: 211 acres Premier Cru: 192 acres Village level: 571 acres Exclusively Pinot Noir N PREMIER CRU GRAND CRU
26 Premier Cru Appellations 2 facing sections: south, east Many different microclimates Combe de Lavaux N
Estournelles St Jacques Lavaux St Jacques Clos St Jacques Ruchottes, Mazis
Le Clos St Jacques
Le Clos Saint Jacques Unanimous belief Perfectly positioned Soil: white marl Monopole until 1953, today 5 owners Style: rich, full, great depth
Contiguous, south facing Gentle hillside, 1000 ft Protected from wind, sun trap N PREMIER CRU GRAND CRU
One-third of all Grands Crus Microclimate diversity Base: limestone Topsoil: rich clay particles N LATRICIERES CHAMBERTIN CLOS DE BEZE RUCHOTTES MAZIS MAZOYERES CHARMES GRIOTTE CHAPELLE
GREATNESS IN NUMBERS Chambertin: 32.1 acres Clos de Beze: 38 acres Chapelle-Chambertin: 13.5 acres Charmes-Chambertin: 71.5 acres Mazis-Chambertin: 21.7 acres Mazoyeres-Chambertin: 4.2 acres Ruchottes-Chambertin: 7.4 acres Griotte-Chambertin: 6.4 acres Latricieres-Chambertin: 17.4 acres TOTAL: 211 Grand Cru Acres
Emperor of France Revolutionary Free-thinker Military genius Defeated armies in Austria, Egypt, Italy, Syria King Louis the Great there is no equal King Louis Philippe 1847: first to allow, Gevrey-Chambertin
CHAMBERTIN 5,000 cases, 32 acres 55 parcels, 25 proprietors 150 square feet Sheltered under Montagne de la Combe, 1000 feet White oolite soil Fine earth/pebbles, 68/32
40 parcels, 15 proprietors 5,000 cases, 38 acres North of Chambertin, same altitude of 1000 feet Slightly steeper, less deep Small stones and pebbles, limestone base
DRINK LIKE AN EMPEROR Total of 24 Grand Crus in Cote d Nuits, Gevrey has almost half of them Pinnacle of Pinot Noir Clive Coates, MW It has all the qualities and none of the defects of the other wines - Priest Claude Arnoux Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin Napoleon King Louis the Great: there is no equal
CÔTE DE NUITS 13 miles long Production: 862,400 cases 97% in Pinot Noir Includes 24 of the 33 Grand Cru vineyards
Assassin in the vineyard
Vines for Ransom M. Aubert de Villaine, Co-Director DRC
Vosne-Romanee
VOSNE-ROMANEE FAST FACTS Home of the Priory of St-Vivant since AD 890. Cistercians arrive in the 12 th century. Name from voone, meaning forest. 6 Grands Crus, 14 Premiers Crus
SOME INTERESTING COMPARISONS Total Wine Production: Gevrey - 232,000 cs Vosne - 95,000 cs Grands Crus %: Gevrey - 15% Vosne - 27% Premiers Crus %: Gevrey - 16% Vosne - 26%
THE PERFECT SOIL A Blue Ribbon Recipe Ingredients: white oolite calcaire a entroques thicken with ostrea acuminata and shake softly, cover with a 2ft top soil and pebble layer place on a gently sloping, east facing incline with fractured base rock of premeaux limestone
VOSNE-ROMANÉE KEY N
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN LEGEND N KEY
Vosne Beaumonts, Suchots Vosne Malconsorts Nuits St Georges Les Boudots La Tache, Romanee Conti,Romanée St Vivant Richebourg
VOSNE-ROMANEE GRANDS CRUS *Romanee-Conti: 4.03 ac; 455 cs *La Romanee: 2.1 ac; 333 cs Richebourg: 18.3 ac; 2800 cs *La Tache: 12.4 ac; 1700 cs Romanee-Saint-Vivant: 23 ac; 3100 cs *La Grande Rue: 4.1 ac; 522 cs * Indicates a monopole
GRANDS CRUS NOTES La Romanee - the smallest appellation in France (2.1 ac). La Tache - much soil variation due to vineyard s elevational change (255-300m). Richebourg - best of the non-monopoly grands crus, and better than La Grande Rue.
GRAND CRU NOTES Romanee-Saint-Vivant - most delicate of the Vosne Grands Crus. It is silk, where Richebourg is velvet. La Grande Rue - became Grand Cru in 1992.
FLAGEY GRANDS CRUS Les Grands Echezeaux (22.6 acres) ----a Cistercian property from the 12 th century. Echezeaux (89 acres) ----more variable due to terroir variances and fragmentation of ownership.
FLAGEY- ECHEZEAUX N
Echezeaux Petits Musigny (Musigny) Musigny Les Amoureuses Clos Vougeot Grands Echezeaux
VOSNE-ROMANÉE THE BEST OF THE REST KEY N
SOME TOP PREMIERS CRUS Malconsorts, 14.47 ac, next to La Tache. Les Beaux Monts, 28.1 ac, next to Echezeaux. Cros Parantoux, 2.5 ac, above Richebourg. Aux Reignots, 4 ac, above La Romanee
SELECTED PRODUCERS Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, 63.2 ac Domaine Leroy, 54.34 ac Comte Liger-Belair, 22 ac Jean Grivot, 38.3 ac Meo Camuzet, 12.9 ac
TIME TO TASTE
FLIGHT ONE VILLAGE LEVEL
Frederic Barnier
Vineyards west of N74 on PC and GC slope Buy fruit, long term contracts Hand picked, hand sorted One month maceration Twice a day punch-down 10 months French barrique No fining or filtering
FLIGHT TWO PREMIER CRU
CLOS SAINT JACQUES Only 5 owners, should have been GC 1 month fermentation 18-20 months barrique 6 months bottle aged Great vintages age over 40 yrs Mature and complex
Jacques Lardiere
FLIGHT THREE GRAND CRU
Vintage 2001
1 month oak vat fermentation Regular punch-down 18-20 months barrique
A CASE FOR VOSNE-ROMANEE Unsurpassed terroir
THE PERFECT SOIL A Blue Ribbon Recipe Ingredients: white oolite calcaire a entroques thicken with ostrea acuminata and shake softly, cover with a 2ft top soil and pebble layer place on a gently sloping, east facing incline with fractured base rock of premeaux limestone
A CASE FOR VOSNE-ROMANEE Price Leaders
VINTAGE 2011 $12,500/btl $1500/btl
Jacques Lardiere VINTAGE 2011 $845/btl $275/btl
A CASE FOR VOSNE-ROMANEE Superlative Producers
A CASE FOR VOSNE-ROMANEE Wine Critics Choice
VOSNE-ROMANEE THE CRITICS CHOICE the greatest pinot noir village on Earth the brightest star in the Cote de Nuits Clive Coate s Remington Norman
FROM NOTES ON A CELLAR BOOK Chambertin has never been a favourite of mine, I prefer Richebourg George Saintsbury
Smokescreens Cost due to quantity, not quality Handful of quality producers TRUTH: Gevrey-Chambertin 9 GC, Vosne Romanee 6 GC G.Chambertin 192 PC, Vosne Romanee 139 PC G.Chambertin 211 GC acres, Vosne Romanee 64 3.5 times less!
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