“In particular, the Richebourg and Romanée St. Vivant are simply sensational and worth a special search to track down and the Clos de Vougeot is also a serious standout for this appellation. Moreover, the Malconsorts is reference standard and by far the best value here.” – Burghound, Jan 2003
“The proprietor, Alain Hudelot, has an impeccable winemaking technique…these are clearly wines worth the effort to search out” – Robert Parker, Burgun...
The domaine was established in 1960 when Alain Noëllat received several parcels in Chambolle-Musigny from his father, Noël, and Alain married Charles Noëllat's granddaughter, Odile, the same year, and inherited some of those vineyards.
This domaine has been the scene of bitter intra-family fueds over the last few decades. The family had been resident in Chambolle since the early 1900's, the domaine having expanded when Noël Hudelot married ...
Yields are kept to a modest 40hl/ha, with the grands crus averaging 36hl/ha. However this is achieved primarily through strict selection rather than green harvests or viticultural intervention. Similarly, the winemaking regime is relatively non-interventional, with 100% destemming and a pre-fermentation cold maceration of up to seven days (for the grands crus, shorter for the villages) allowing maximum extraction of finesse and complexity pr...
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