Highlights
Prieure Roch Le Clos des Corvees Monopole Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru 2010 1.5 Liter / Magnum
Winery Notes:
"An exceptional wine, made from “millerandés”. Powerful and full bodied, dense and structured, long finish, the nobility of Nuits-Saint-Georges." - Domaine Prieure Roch
It is hard to know what to make of this Burgundy wine domaine which was created by Henri-Frédéric Roch in 1988 by buying some parcels of vineyards which Domaine de la Romanée-Conti – of which his family is part-owner – was selling, in order to buy the large slice of Romanée St-Vivant Domaine Marey-Monge which it had been farming. The Prieuré part of the name has been added because Monsieur Roch liked the sound of it. The Chambertin-Clos de Bèze has been leased from Domaine Marion in Fixin since 1994.
The vines are farmed organically with half an eye on biodynamics. The grapes are vinified with all their stems in wooden vats, with old-style human punching down (rip the clothes off and leap in but be careful of the carbon dioxide). No sulphur is used at all at any stage except once, when the wines are racked.
Tasting Notes
Cherries, darker tones, saline minerals, controlled tannins and great acidity
- BrandDomaine Prieure Roch
- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- TypeRed Wine
- Size1.5 Liter
- Winemaking Unfiltered or unfined
- SKU 210000027392
Grapes & winemaking
- Winemaking
- Unfiltered — 2010 producer film: estate-wide unfiltered practice includes named Clos des Corvees
- Aging
- Barrel maturation; cuvee-specific duration unspecified — 2010 producer film: barrel maturation applies to named Clos des Corvees; durations for other classifications not transferred