Domaine Arnoux Lachaux NSG Les Procès 2018
The 2018 Domaine Arnoux Lachaux Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Procès is a red Burgundy Village wine made from 100% Pinot Noir. Coming from the Les Procès parcel, it was awarded 93/100 by The Wine Advocate, which describes a broad and layered wine with refined tannins, supported by a lively acidity and a precise, mineral-driven finish. Its drinking window extends from 2025 to 2050.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Nuits Saint-Georges
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Arnoux Lachaux
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Proces
- Millésime
- 2018
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Arnoux Lachaux
Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux is a 14-hectare family-run estate based in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte de Nuits. Founded in 1858, it is now run by Florence Arnoux-Lachaux, alongside her son Charles Lachaux, who is responsible for the vineyards and winemaking. The vineyard is managed using regenerative and biodynamic farming practices.
- Owner
- Florence Arnoux-Lachaux
- Maître de chais
- Charles Lachaux
- Surface (ha)
- 14.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 40 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The estate was founded in Vosne-Romanée in 1858, following the union of the Arnoux and Salbreux winegrowing families. It subsequently took the name Domaine Robert Arnoux when Robert Arnoux took over the estate in 1957 following the death of his father, Charles Arnoux. Robert Arnoux developed the estate’s in-house bottling operations from the late 1950s and early 1960s onwards. Following his death in February 1995, his daughter Florence Arnoux and her husband Pascal Lachaux continued to run the estate. The estate took the name Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux from the 2007 vintage onwards. Charles Lachaux joined the family business in 2011 and has been in charge of winemaking since the 2012 vintage. Under his leadership, the estate has adopted practices including biodynamics, eco-grazing, goblet pruning, higher trellising and the cessation of leaf removal. Since 2012, winemaking has been carried out using whole bunches, with short vatting periods and minimal intervention. From the 2022 harvest onwards, the estate has replaced oak barrels with stoneware vessels for ageing.
Les Proces
Les Procès is a climat officially classified as a Premier Cru of the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation, located in the commune of Nuits-Saint-Georges and registered in the land registry under section E1. The cadastral documentation of the Climats de Bourgogne dossier identifies it on historical plots 145 to 147, covering a total area consistent with approximately 1.92 hectares. It borders Les Pruliers and has a due east exposure on a gentle slope. The soil is described as deep, with few stones and no water retention.
- Vineyard commune
- Nuits-Saint-Georges
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name is said to refer to a legal proceeding or dispute, from the Latin 'processus'. One hypothesis suggests an action by the aldermen of Nuits against the lords of Premeaux regarding this plot.
- Exposure
- Due east
- Slope
- Gentle slope
- Soil
- Deep soil, with few stones, no water retention
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.600000 ha
- Indicative vine age
- Vines planted in the 1970s.
Histoire de la parcelle
The application dossier for the Climats du vignoble de Bourgogne documents Les Procès in the 1949 land registry, section E1 of Nuits-Saint-Georges. The judicial origin of the name is reported as a historical hypothesis rather than a definitively established fact.
