Grand Échezeaux
The Grand Échezeaux is a wine location classified as Grand Cru on the Côte d'Or in French Burgundy . It is located in the municipality of Flagey-Echézeaux , has an area of 9.14 hectares and its own appellation . Only red wine is produced .
Location, climate and soil
The Grand Échezeaux is located on a gently sloping eastern slope at an altitude of 250 to 260 m above sea level . In the north it borders on the Musigny vineyard , to the northeast is the famous Clos de Vougeot and west of the Échezeaux and in the south is the Premier Cru location Les Suchots . The vineyards to the southeast are sold as simple village wines under the name Vosne-Romanée . It consists of a large number of plots that are shared by almost 21 owners. The domaine de la Romanée-Conti (3.53 ha), Mongeard-Mugneret (1.44 ha) and Jean-Pierre Mugneret / Jean-René Naudant (0.90 ha) own the largest shares .
The climate is assigned to the Burgundian transitional climate , in which continental influences predominate over maritime ones. The mostly dry and hot summers allow the Pinot Noir to ripen, but great vintages are only created if there is no rain in autumn to impair the harvest. Due to the pure east location, the microclimate is relatively cool, but particularly sunny. Located exactly between the cuts of the Combe d'Orveaux and the Combe de Concoeur , the Grand Échezeaux is protected from night winds and late frosts.
The subsoil of the location is on Comblanchien limestone. The brown, loamy-chalky soil layer of the Grand Échezeaux is relatively deep. The numerous limestones store the warmth of the day and radiate it back to the vines at night.
Wine
The Grand Échezeaux is usually made exclusively from Pinot Noir . As more varieties are Pinot Liébault and Pinot Beurot admitted. Theoretically, up to 15% white grapes ( Chardonnay , Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc ) can be used. The natural alcohol content must be at least 11.5 percent by volume. The chaptalization is - as everywhere in Burgundy - allowed. The basic yield is 35 hectoliters per hectare per year, this may be exceeded by a maximum of 20%. From 2003 to 2007, an average of 278 hectoliters were produced annually from this vineyard. That is 30.4 hl / ha. This Grand Cru delivers a good 36,200 bottles per year.
history
The vineyard belonged to the Cîteaux monastery . The Grand Échezeaux site received the status of a Grand Cru on July 31, 1937. Here, a few small markings were made for the actual Échezeaux Bas. These are considered to be of equal quality. The decree on the Appellation Contrôlée also covers the neighboring Grands Cru Lage Échezeaux .
literature
- Michael Broadbent , Gert Crum et al. a .: Le Domaine de la Romanée-Conti: cradle of legendary Burgundy wines. Zabert Sandmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89883-103-5 .
- Clive Coates : The wines of Burgundy . 1st edition. University of California Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-520-25050-5 .
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 1st edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-7742-0914-6 .
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et Vignobles de France . 1st edition. Lavoisier Publishing House, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7430-0585-8 .
- Benoît France (ed.): Grand Atlas des Vignobles de France . 1st edition. Solar publishing house, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-263-03242-8 .
Web links
- Overview of the Échezeaux and Grand-Échezeaux vineyards (PDF; 575 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jancis Robinson: The Oxford Wine Lexicon. Hallwag Verlag, Munich 2003, p. 207.
- ↑ Decree on the Échezeaux and Grand Échezeaux appellations (PDF)