LVMH Acquires First Burgundy Vineyard Clos des Lambrays
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world’s largest luxury goods company, bought the Clos des Lambrays vineyard to expand into Burgundy, adding to its holdings in Bordeaux, Champagne and the New World.
The acquisition, for which no price was disclosed, is for an 8.66 hectare (21.4 acre) vineyard which produces Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru red wine, a ranking classifying it among...
As early as 1365, we find the vineyard referred to under the name of CLOUX DES LAMBREY in the deeds of Citeaux Abbey. In 1789, at the time of the French Revolution, the property was sold and divided between 74 owners and reunited in 1868.
Louis Joly made improvements to this handsome residence built in 1630 and restored the unity of the property DOMAINE DES LAMBRAYS. In 1866 these works are finished by the new owner Albert-Sebastien Rodier ...
The village Morey-Saint-Denis is situated in the centre of the Côte de Nuits between Dijon, former capital of the Duke of Burgundy, and Beaune, world famous because the wine auctions in the Hospices.
This area is situated along the "Route des Grands Crus" and closed to the villages of Gevrey-Chambertin, Vougeot, Vosne Romanée and Nuits-Saint-Georges. This narrow strip of land consists in vineyards already existing at times of Charlemagne an...
The harvest finds place normally around the 15 September. The grape picking is entirely manual and takes place in the space of a few days.
Vinification
After the whole harvest which was rigorous sorted by hand, mostly not destemmed, the traditional Burgundian vinification begins. A pneumatic press produces juices from high quality.The estate has 10 open stainless steel vats with regular "pumping over" and "treading grapes" (pigeage).
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