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    19° C Clear sky
  • Time

    12:36 PM
  • Wine average?

    94 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    221
  • Region Ranking?

    71
  • Popularity ranking?

    251

History

Among the best pioneers of the Côte-d’Or are Robert Jayer-Gilles and his son Gilles. Robert is a native of Vosne-Romanee and a cousin of the great Henri Jayer. He started his career in 1948 as an apprentice working for Andre Noblet, the then cellarmaster at the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. 

Robert retired in 1997 and his son, Gilles Jayer, who started working with his father in the 1980s, took control. His vineyards are planted at the same ...

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Winemaking

Gilles works non-interventionist in the cellar. Normally, wines are not racked and kept ‘sur lie’ until bottling. Bottling can take place from after 12-18 months of rearing (whites) and at least 18 months for the reds. The whites are reared in oak or ‘en cuve’ until bottling (except generic). Gilles does not fine whites but does lightly filter. Also, there is no batonnage until the end of the malo-lactic fermentation for whites. The reds are r...

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