La Grande Rue
La Grande Rue is a wine location classified as Grand Cru on the Côte d'Or in French Burgundy . It is located in the municipality of Vosne-Romanée , has an area of 1.65 hectares and its own appellation . Only red wine is produced .
Location, climate and soil
The La Grande Rue vineyard is located on a gently sloping eastern slope at a height of 255 to 300 m above sea level . In the north it borders on the famous La Romanée and Romanée-Conti vineyards . To the east, the location is almost directly adjacent to the village center of Vosne. In the south is the Grand Cru location La Tâche . La Grande Rue is a monopoly owned by Domaine François Lamarche .
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 just below the cut of the Combe de Concoeur , La Grande Rue is protected from night winds and late frosts.
For the northern city of Dijon (316 m), the following data applied between 1961 and 1990:
month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | year |
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Mean minimum temperatures ° C | −1 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 5 | 8.7 | 12 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 10.9 | 7.2 | 2.5 | −0.2 | 6.3 |
Average temperatures ° C | 1.6 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 13.7 | 17.2 | 19.7 | 19.1 | 16.1 | 11.3 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 10.5 |
Mean maximum temperatures ° C | 4.2 | 7th | 10.8 | 14.7 | 18.7 | 22.4 | 25.3 | 24.5 | 21.3 | 15.5 | 8.6 | 4.8 | 14.8 |
Mean monthly rainfall (mm) | 49.2 | 52.5 | 52.8 | 52.2 | 86.3 | 62.4 | 51 | 65.4 | 66.6 | 57.6 | 64.2 | 62 | 732.2 |
Source: Archives climatologiques mensuelles - for Dijon (1961–1990) |
In 2007:
month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average temperatures ° C | 5.3 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 14.7 | 15.6 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 14.4 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 11.3 |
Source: Average temperatures at the measuring point in Dijon in 2007 |
The following data were collected in 2008:
month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average temperatures ° C | 3.8 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 15.8 | 17.8 | 19.9 | 18.6 | 13.8 | 10.3 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 10.7 |
Source: Average temperatures at the measuring point in Dijon in 2008 |
The higher part of the vineyard rests on an oolite plinth from the Bathonium . The subsoil of the deeper part of the site is on Premeaux limestone. The brown, loamy-chalky rendzina layer of La Tâche is significantly thinner in the upper part than in the lower part. In the lowest area of the site, fossil-bearing marl from the Bajocium is exposed . The numerous limestones store the warmth of the day and radiate it back to the vines at night. They also ensure good drainage .
Wine
The wine from La Grande Rue is usually made exclusively from Pinot noir . As more varieties are Pinot Liébault and Pinot Beurot admitted. In theory, 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. In the case of artificial enrichment with dry sugar, a maximum alcohol content of 14.5 ° is specified. The basic yield is 35 hectoliters per hectare per year, this may be exceeded by a maximum of 20%.
history
In the 19th century, the wines from La Grande Rue enjoyed an excellent reputation and the prices of the wines were on a par with those of the neighboring locations. When the Burgundy vineyards were classified in the 1930s, the Lamarche family failed to submit a dossier. As a result, the location was denied the status of a Grand Cru.
It was only François Lamarche who tried to correct the situation in the 1980s. On November 14, 1989, INAO granted the situation the desired status. The status was legally confirmed on July 2, 1992.
literature
- 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 Romanée-Saint-Vivant, Richebourg, Romanée-Conti, La Romanée, La Grande Rue and La Tâche vineyards (PDF; 217 kB)
- Exact outline of the location
Individual evidence
- ^ Remington Norman: Côte d'Or. The big wineries in the heart of Burgundy. Hallwag Verlag, Bern 1996, p. 71, ISBN 3-444-10470-7 .