Gevrey-Chambertin Symphonie

Domaine Alain Burguet

Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Gevrey-Chambertin

Variety

Pinot Noir

Eric & Jean-Luc produce two different cuvées from their 30 different small plots in Gevrey-Chambertin. Symphonie is their 'young vine' blend, though the average vine age is still a healthy 45 years old.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

23 different parcels in Gevrey-Chambertin

Soil type

Clay-limestone

Vines planted inAverage 45 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 average12,000 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...