Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru

Variety

Pinot Noir

In addition to the wines produced from their own vineyards, Jean-Luc & Eric hold long-term contracts to purchase grapes from neighbors with exceptional vineyard sites. Eric describes their only Grand Cru: "The palate is velvety and round, and the tannins are crunchy and well-structured. The mouth is very long, complex, and harmonious. This is a vortex of aromas. The aromas of the barrels give to this wine a rare elegance." Who doesn't enjoy a vortex of aromas?

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru

Soil type

Clay-limestone

Vines planted inAverage 80 years old

Vinification

Grapes are sorted three times (in the vineyard, on a sorting table, and then again after destemming). 100% destemmed. Native yeast vinification without temperature control.

Elevage18 months in used barrels

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined / Unfiltered

Additional info

Total production average1,200 bottles

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More about
the producer

Domaine Alain Burguet

Founded in 1974

10 hectares

Anchored in Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Burguet produces a full range of suave and enthralling Pinot Noir. Alain Burguet, father to Jean-Luc and Eric, created the domaine in the 1970s. As a young man, he helped older vineyard owners tend to their vines, and as they gradually retired, he was able to purchase many small parcels across Gevrey, which formed the base of the domaine. With additional vines acquired through small purchases and inheritance over the years, today, Domaine Alain Burguet holds just over 10 hectares in total.

Alain Burguet was one of the first growers in the village to resume plowing his vineyards, as well as to allow grass to cover them, in the 1970s. The entire domaine has been practicing organic since the 1980s, and thanks to an inherited anti-author...