Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

Variety

Pinot Noir

Lavaux Saint-Jacques, alternatively spelled Lavaut, is one of the most celebrated sites in Gevrey. The vineyard lies in the Combe de Lavaux, a small valley leading westward out of Gevrey into the Hautes-Côtes, so the temperature is slightly cooler than the rest of the village. The Burguet brothers acquired a tiny sliver at the base of the vineyard around 2010, and produce (at most) a handful of barrels each year of this elegant, delightful, and enchanting wine.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Lavaux Saint-Jacques

Soil type

Clay-Limestone

Vines planted inAverage 65 years old

Vineyard size0.1 ha

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 (50% new oak)

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined / Unfiltered

Additional info

Total production average600 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...