Dézaley

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dézaley

Dézaley is (next to Calamin ) one of two appellations with the addition " Grand Cru " in the Swiss wine-growing region Lavaux .

location

Dézaley is mostly located in the municipality of Puidoux in the canton of Vaud , as a steep slope between the villages of Epesses and Rivaz below the Tour de Marsens and the Rocher-de-la-Croix-de-Notre-Dame .

history

In 1141 the then Bishop of Lausanne awarded the western part of the slopes to the Cistercians of Haut-Crêt and the eastern part in 1142 to those of Montheron . The monks reclaimed the land, which they owned until 1536, and grew wine. The Bernese took over the area of ​​Hautcrêt, which from then on was also known as Dézaley d'Oron .

In 1803 the city of Lausanne acquired the estate; since 1912 the 4.2 hectare area has also been known as Clos des Moines . The 3.86 hectare portion of Montheron (also known as Dézaley de la Ville or Clos des Abbayes ) also became the property of Lausanne, along with a Gothic chapel from the 15th century and the country house La Belle du Dézaley , whose The main room was painted by René Auberjonois .

Part of the northern estate, which was cultivated from 1148 by the Premonstratensians of Humilimont , is now privately owned; it once belonged to the St. Michael College from Freiburg .

From the 18th century until 1839, wine terraces were laid out, the vines of which today mainly produce white wine .

See also

literature

  • Eric Muller: Puidoux au coeur de Lavaux , Puidoux 1982
  • Gilbert Coutaz et al .: Les 450 vendanges des vignobles de la ville de Lausanne . Exhibition catalog 1987, ISBN 2-88075-008-3 (esp. Pp. 85–126)

Web links