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Burgundy
To the east, stretching between the towns of Dijon and Lyon, lies the winemaking region of Burgundy, known as the Côte d'Or. On this narrow ridge, the world's most famous Chardonnay and Pinot Noir-based wines are made. When curating this fine selection of Burgundy, we thought about our colleagues in Old Master Paintings. In all of the wines of France, but especially in Burgundy, wine is truly an art, for here the wine "maker" has restricted the palette from which to work from. Expression must reflect the terrior, a localized climate moderated by each year's weather. The vintner views their role as one of non-interventionist, minimizing action to maximize nature's expression. Those who have tasted properly aged Burgundy will tell you that there is no other wine capable of evoking emotion in a vein similar to, say, a Fragonard masterpiece.
In Burgundy, all of the great wines are made from either of two grapes. From there, it gets much more complicated. At one point, the region was home to the richest of the ancient duchies of France. Now, however, Burgundy feels rustic-partially because the large land holdings, owned by the Church, were broken up by Napoleon. The fragmentation of Burgundy's vineyards is partially (along with the fickleness of the Pinot Noir grape) the reason for the unpredictability of the wine made there. Burgundy is split into vineyard sites. The best sites are labeled "grand cru," and the second best "premier cru." Numerous winemakers own vines in each of these vineyards, and some are so divided, that a Domaine may own just a row or two of vines. Each winemaker is then allowed to label their wine with the vineyard name. In this sale, for example, we are offering wines from the vineyard of Romanée-St.-Vivant from two different producers: Domaine Dujac and Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC). The only exception to this rule is "monopoles," which are vineyards owned by a single Domaine. DRC owns both La Tâche and Romanée-Conti (the Domaine's namesake) and consequently the wines made from these tiny vineyards are some of the rarest and most sought-out in the whole region, and even the world. DRC makes only about 450 cases of Romanée-Conti-compare that to a Château such as Lafite Rothschild in Bordeaux, which makes over 10,000 cases of their grand vin.
Chambertin--Vintage 2006
Côte de Nuits, Dujac
In original carton
6 bottles per lot
To the east, stretching between the towns of Dijon and Lyon, lies the winemaking region of Burgundy, known as the Côte d'Or. On this narrow ridge, the world's most famous Chardonnay and Pinot Noir-based wines are made. When curating this fine selection of Burgundy, we thought about our colleagues in Old Master Paintings. In all of the wines of France, but especially in Burgundy, wine is truly an art, for here the wine "maker" has restricted the palette from which to work from. Expression must reflect the terrior, a localized climate moderated by each year's weather. The vintner views their role as one of non-interventionist, minimizing action to maximize nature's expression. Those who have tasted properly aged Burgundy will tell you that there is no other wine capable of evoking emotion in a vein similar to, say, a Fragonard masterpiece.
In Burgundy, all of the great wines are made from either of two grapes. From there, it gets much more complicated. At one point, the region was home to the richest of the ancient duchies of France. Now, however, Burgundy feels rustic-partially because the large land holdings, owned by the Church, were broken up by Napoleon. The fragmentation of Burgundy's vineyards is partially (along with the fickleness of the Pinot Noir grape) the reason for the unpredictability of the wine made there. Burgundy is split into vineyard sites. The best sites are labeled "grand cru," and the second best "premier cru." Numerous winemakers own vines in each of these vineyards, and some are so divided, that a Domaine may own just a row or two of vines. Each winemaker is then allowed to label their wine with the vineyard name. In this sale, for example, we are offering wines from the vineyard of Romanée-St.-Vivant from two different producers: Domaine Dujac and Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC). The only exception to this rule is "monopoles," which are vineyards owned by a single Domaine. DRC owns both La Tâche and Romanée-Conti (the Domaine's namesake) and consequently the wines made from these tiny vineyards are some of the rarest and most sought-out in the whole region, and even the world. DRC makes only about 450 cases of Romanée-Conti-compare that to a Château such as Lafite Rothschild in Bordeaux, which makes over 10,000 cases of their grand vin.
Chambertin--Vintage 2006
Côte de Nuits, Dujac
In original carton
6 bottles per lot