2019 VOSNE ROMANÉE Les Violettes Domaine Christian Clerget, Lea & Sandeman

VOSNE ROMANÉE

2021 Les Violettes Domaine Christian Clerget

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Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Nuits
Village Vosne Romanée
ABV 13.5%

The volume of Vosne - it's a much broader sort of wine with a thicker texture (linen?) than either of the Chambolles. Density of fruit is impressive, still very tightly wound - the finish is long and it just gets more interesting. Drinking range: 2027 - 2038 L&S (Oct 2022)

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(from .50 ha parcel planted in 1946; Les Violettes abuts Clos de Vougeot). A relatively high-toned nose offers up its array of red currant, cherry, sandalwood and exotic tea. The delicious, supple and moderately forward middleweight flavors are supported by fine-grained tannins on the complex and persistent if slightly lean finale. Like the Morey villages, I suspect that this will flesh out if given a few years of keeping and my projected range offers the benefit of the doubt. Drinking range: 2028 - Rating: 89-91 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2023)

Small parcel of 0.5 ha (1.2 acres) abutting Clos de Vougeot. Deep, low-lying soils. Cask sample. Deep-mid cherry. Raspberries and cherries, with an attractive, lofty floral nature. Rounded and packed with flavour. Balanced use of oak; really quite refined. Drinking range: 2025 - 2030 Rating: 16.5 Matthew Hayes, www.jancisrobinson.com (Jan 2023)

A bright purple, with a beautifully sensual typically Vosne nose. Violettes by name and… This is excellent, a perfect example of a fine-boned classy Vosne with still some residual muscle. Deep raspberry and cherry fruit Drinking range: 2025 - 2030 Rating: 91-93 Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy  (Nov 2022)

Domaine Christian Clerget

A domaine of 6 hectares, with 8 appellations, run by Christian, Isabelle and their daughter Justine Clerget from their house in the northern end of the little village of Vougeot, which is really in the commune of Chambolle. They have been organic (certified) since 2017, Justine having insisted on it when she joined them, but it sounds as though she was pushing at an open door, because Christian is entirely committed to this approach and clearly believes that good wine starts with the vines.

At harvest the grapes are picked into small cases for the short trip to the winery which really is right in the middle of their holdings. They adapt to the vintage conditions, so that they did 2 pigeages in total in 2019, whereas in 2017, they did one a day throughout the fermentation. In 2018 they did some whole bunch fermentation, but reverted to their normal complete destemming in 2019. At the end of the alcoholic fermentation Christian decants into tank, allows the wine to settle for ten days, then puts the wines into barrel where they stay without racking until bottling. They are using about 30% new wood on the villages and 40% on the Chambolle Charmes and the Échézeaux, and the wines say in barrel for a long élevage of 18-20 months.

Bourgogne Rouge .69ha

Morey Saint Denis Blanc 'les Crais'

Morey Saint Denis 0.20 ha

Chambolle Musigny 2 ha (in Les Athets, Les Babillères, Les Herbues, Les Nazoires, Les Bussières, Les Croix, Les Condemennes)

Vosne Romanée les Violettes 0.37 ha

Vougeot 1er Cru les Petits Vougeots 0.46 ha

Chambolle Musigny 1er cru les Charmes 1.01 ha

Échézeaux Grand Cru 1.09 ha (in 'en Orveaux')

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