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Wine Description
The Story
Jules Lavalle listed it as a “Première Cuvée” in his 1855 classification. It was considered at that time that “the wine of Clos de la Roche is equal to that of Clos de Tart”. Given the rank of Grand Cru by the decree issued on 8th December 1936, Clos de la Roche is made up of several climats: Les Fremières, Les Froichots, Les Mochamps, Les Chabiots and the lower part of Les Monts-Luisants. In 1971, Genavrières and Chaffots were added after a d...
Vintage 2009
A warm spring with some hail in the northern part of the Côte de Nuits. After an even flowering and a warm June, the summer arrived with variable July weather. Fortunately August was fine with a period of hot weather in the second week. September started with some rain, then became fine and warm again. A harvest of healthy, ripe grapes followed. The 2009s have all the structure packed in with rich, luscious fruit. Comparable to the 2005s. Grea...