Aux Allots is a 7.96-hectare lieu-dit located in the appellation of Nuits-St-Georges. This village-level vineyard lies in the section north of Nuits, in the section of the appellation closest to Vosne-Romanée. The vineyard is situated midslope, immediately below the band of premiers crus climats including Murgers and Les Boudots. Facing east and lying at 230-250 meters above sea level, Aux Allots soil is a pebbly mixture of limestone, silt and clay over a base of Bathonian limestone. Notable examples of Aux Allots come from Domaine Leroy and Maison Benjamin Leroux.
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Vineyard Description: Nuits-St-Georges, AUX ALLOTS
Posted in Appellations, Burgundy, Vineyards, Wine, tagged Domaine Leroy, Maison Benjamin Leroux. on August 21, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Vineyard Description: Savigny-lès-Beaune, Les Narbantons, Premier Cru
Posted in Appellations, Burgundy, Vineyards, Wine, tagged Domaine Jean-Marc et Hugues Pavelot, Domaine Leroy on June 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Savigny-lès-Beaune, Les Narbantons is 9.49-hectare Premier Cru climat in the wine commune Savigny-lès-Beaune, situated in Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune. The vineyard is located in the Beaune sector of Savigny,, south of the Rhoin River at the base of the hillside descending from Mont Battois. Specifically, Les Narbantons lies just downhill, south of Les Jarrons. Facing east, northeast from an elevation of 250 meters, the soil is sandy and rocky.
The vineyard has been referred to as “Les Narbontons” since records have been kept and the etymology is unknown.
Noteworthy Les Narbantons is made by Domaine Jean-Marc et Hugues Pavelot. and by Domaine Leroy.
Vineyard Description: Nuits-Saint-Georges, LES BOUDOTS , Premier Cru
Posted in Appellations, Burgundy, Vineyards, Wine, tagged Domaine Gérard Mugneret, Domaine Leroy, Domaine Meo-Camuzet on May 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Les Boudots: This 7.61-hectare Premier Cru climat lies in the northern part of the commune of Nuits-St-Georges, uphill and to the north of the village, along the northern border with Vosne-Romanée, near Aux Malconsorts. Facing east and lying at 250-290 meters, this vineyard has a slope of 18%. The topsoil is a mixture of brown limestone with rocks and fine gravel. and the subsoil is Comblanchien limestone. With its elegance and silky texture, the wines of Les Boudots show far more kinship to Vosne than to Nuits. Allen Meadows describes Les Boudots as “the most gifted Premier Cru in Nuits.” Outstanding examples of the vineyard are produced by Domaine Gérard Mugneret, Domaine Meo-Camuzet and Domaine Leroy.
Appellation Profile: MUSIGNY, Grand Cru
Posted in Appellations, Burgundy, Vineyards, Wine, tagged Domaine de la Vougeraie, Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Domaine Leroy, Georges de Vogue, Georges Roumier, J-F. Mugnier, Vougeraie on April 23, 2010| 2 Comments »
Musigny is a Grand Cru vineyard and appellation situated in the commune of Chambolle-Musigny in the Côte de Nuits sector of Burgundy. The vineyard lies to the south of the village itself, and borders the Grand Cru Clos de Vougeot in the southeast, the Grand Cru Échezeaux in the south, and the Premier Cru Les Amoureuses in the northeast. The vineyard aggregates a modest 10.86 hectares and lies on a slope ranging from an 8% to a 14% grade, with elevations between 260 meters and 280 meters. The shallow brown topsoil, which averages only 20cm-30cm in depth, is comprised of limestone pebbles and red clay over a limestone base. Similar to Les Bonnes Mares, Musigny is bifurcated by a path into a northern section, Grand Musigny, and a southern section, Les Petits Musignys, which is a monopole of the Domaine Georges de Vogüé. Grand Musigny, which faces southeast, is mostly limestone with some clay. The southern section, Les Petits Musignys, faces south and is comprised of a higher proportion of clay. Musigny produces exclusively Pinot Noir-based red Burgundy, except for a tiny parcel of Les Petits Musignys from which Vogüé produces a precious white wine from Chardonnay, the only one in the Côte de Nuits entitled to be labelled as Grand Cru.
It is beyond dispute that Le Musigny is one of the greatest vineyards in the world. The name derives from a Gallo-Roman settlement, Musinus, which was itself likely named after a once important but now forgotten Roman. The climat was cultivated at least by the 8th century. Certainly, by the time that the Abbey of Cîteaux founded the Clos de Vougeot in 1110, the vineyard was already producing legendary wine.
Clive Coates has written that Musigny produces red wine that “can be quite simply the most delicious to be found in Burgundy…. With … its incomparable breed, depth, originality and purity on the finish, a great Musigny is heaven in a glass.” Perhaps more poetically, the Burgundian Gaston Roupnel wrote that “Le Musigny à l’odeur d’un jardin sous la rosée, … de la rose et de la violette à aurore.” [“Musigny has the scent of a garden in the morning dew of the rose and violet dawn.”]
Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé owns 7.12 hectares of Musigny, almost 65.6%, including the entirety of Les Petits Musignys. The Vogüé wines set the standard of excellence, although Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier (with 1.13 hectares) produces equally-inspired and distinctive Musigny. Equally superb examples of Musigny, each with its own hallmark, come from tiny parcels owned by Domaine de la Vougeraie (.21 hectares), Domaine Leroy (.27 hectares), and Domaine Georges Roumier (.10 hectares).
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