Domaine Coudray Bizot Echezeaux Grand Cru En Orveaux 2018 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2018 Domaine Coudray Bizot Échezeaux Grand Cru En Orveaux is a red Burgundy wine crafted by Coudray Bizot in the Vosne-Romanée appellation. Made from 100% Pinot Noir, it comes from the En Orveaux parcel and holds the Burgundy Grand Cru classification. Jancis Robinson awards it 17.5/20 and recommends drinking it from 2024 to 2038. Critics describe a light to medium-bodied, expressive, and ethereal style, notably marked by spicy and floral nuances as well as delicate tannins.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Coudray Bizot
- Parcelle / Cru
- En Orveaux
- Millésime
- 2018
Coudray Bizot
Located in Beaune in the Hôtel Particulier David de Beaufort, Domaine Coudray-Bizot farms a highly fragmented vineyard of approximately four hectares. Jean-Jacques Coudray-Bizot vinifies notable wines here, including Échezeaux Grand Cru En Orveaux, Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru La Croix Rameau, Nuits-Saint-Georges Au Bas de Combe, as well as premier crus from Gevrey-Chambertin and Puligny-Montrachet. The estate champions minimal intervention, low yields, and a measured use of inputs.
- Owner
- Jean-Jacques Coudray-Bizot et Stéphanie Pouzin-Coudray
- Maître de chais
- Jean-Jacques Coudray-Bizot
- Surface (ha)
- 4.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The history of the estate is tied to the Hôtel David de Beaufort, a 17th-century Beaune residence that belonged to the Hôtel-Dieu des Hospices de Beaune from 1750 to 1792. At the end of the 18th century, the property became a wine-producing site under David de Beaufort, whose name it retained. It was purchased in 1942 by Dr. Denis Bizot, a surgeon at the Hospices de Beaune during the 1930s to 1950s and also a winemaker. In 1984, Jacques and Jacqueline Coudray-Bizot, both architects and winemakers, re-established winemaking operations there with the help of their son Jean-Jacques. A physicist by training turned winemaker, Jean-Jacques Coudray-Bizot continues this activity today alongside Stéphanie Pouzin-Coudray. The wines are aged in the estate's cellars beneath the ancient ramparts of Beaune, sourced from family parcels including Échezeaux En Orveaux, replanted in 1959, and the very old vine of Nuits-Saint-Georges Au Bas de Combe.
En Orveaux
En Orveaux is a Premier Cru climat of the Vosne-Romanée AOC, located in the commune of Flagey-Échezeaux, at the mouth of the Combe d’Orveau and bordering Chambolle-Musigny. It occupies an elevated and relatively cool sector, exposed mainly to the east-northeast or northeast, immediately west of the Échezeaux grand cru. Its soils are described as limestone, stony, and well-drained, with limestone scree. This Premier Cru should not be confused with the homonymous part integrated further east into the Échezeaux Grand Cru appellation.
- Vineyard commune
- Flagey-Échezeaux
- Exposure
- East-northeast to northeast
- Altitude
- 280–290 m
- Slope
- approximately 5 to 10%
- Soil
- Stony, well-drained limestone soil, consisting of limestone scree
Histoire de la parcelle
Jules Lavalle classified En Orveaux as a "première cuvée" in 1855. The Beaune arrondissement Agriculture and Viticulture Committee also placed it in the first class in 1860, a classification adopted by Camille Rodier in 1920; today it is among the fourteen climats officially classified as Premier Cru of the Vosne-Romanée appellation.
