Domaine de Bellene Vosne Romanée Les Malconsorts 2008 Bouteille (75cl) ELA
The 2008 Domaine de Bellene Vosne-Romanée Les Malconsorts is a red Burgundy wine from the Aux Malconsorts climat, classified as Premier Cru within the Vosne-Romanée appellation. Made from Pinot Noir, it expresses the identity of a Côte de Nuits climat whose name may officially accompany the Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru appellation. This 2008 vintage combines the parcel origin of Aux Malconsorts with the signature of Domaine de Bellene.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Slightly Damaged
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine de Bellene
- Parcelle / Cru
- Aux Malconsorts
- Millésime
- 2008
Domaine de Bellene
Founded by Nicolas Potel, Domaine de Bellene farms 22.5 hectares of vines spread across the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, notably in Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Volnay, Nuits-Saint-Georges, and Vosne-Romanée. The estate's heritage includes numerous old vines, farmed organically and vinified plot by plot. Following the passing of Nicolas Potel in 2025, his children Antonia and Alphonse are carrying on the family business alongside cellar master Sylvain Debord.
- Owner
- Nicolas Potel
- Maître de chais
- Nicolas Potel
- Surface (ha)
- 22.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 100000
Histoire du domaine
Nicolas Potel is the son of Gérard Potel, who long managed Domaine de la Pousse d’Or in Volnay. Following his father's passing and the sale of this family property, in 1997 in Nuits-Saint-Georges he founded his first merchant activity under his own name. This company and the commercial rights attached to the Nicolas Potel name passed under the control of Labouré-Roi in 2004. Concurrently, starting in 2005, Nicolas Potel set about building his own vineyard by taking on leasehold parcels or acquiring plots, to which 1.2 hectares from his mother were added; the legal structure of the estate was created in 2006. Renamed Domaine de Bellene in the late 2000s, the property progressively brought together a collection of old vines from the Côte d’Or, ranging from Saint-Romain and Savigny-lès-Beaune to Nuits-Saint-Georges and Vosne-Romanée. In 2008, Nicolas Potel complemented this grower-producer activity with Maison Roche de Bellene, dedicated to the wine trade. His son Alphonse joined the estate in 2020. Following the death of Nicolas Potel in July 2025, Alphonse and Antonia Potel took over the reins of the family enterprise; Antonia became president of Domaine de Bellene and Alphonse assumed the presidency of Groupe Bellene. They are continuing the directions established by their father, notably featuring restrained use of sulfur and extended aging in barrels and foudres.
Aux Malconsorts
Aux Malconsorts is a climat officially recognized for the Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru designation, located to the south-west of the village and immediately south of the grand cru La Tâche. Facing due east, it occupies a slope with an inclination of approximately 9%. The soils change from east to west: smoothed limestone stones and small oyster shells in the eastern part, heavy stoniness of Prémeaux limestone in the center, and then angular limestone gravels towards the top. The subsoil successively combines Ostrea acuminata marl, Prémeaux limestone, and stratified scree covering the western slope.
- Vineyard commune
- Vosne-Romanée
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name is said to refer to disputes between co-owners or litigants regarding this land held in joint ownership, with "consorts" designating here individuals sharing the same right. This interpretation, reported by several producers, remains formulated as a hypothesis.
- Exposure
- Due east
- Slope
- Approximately 9%
- Soil
- Very stony calcareous soils, with smoothed limestone stones and small oyster shells in the east, angular stones of Prémeaux limestone in the center, and angular limestone gravels at the top of the slope.
- Subsoil and geology
- Ostrea acuminata marls in the eastern part, Prémeaux limestone in the center, and then stratified scree on the western part of the slope.
Histoire de la parcelle
The climat appears in the cadastral survey of Vosne-Romanée, section AM, and belongs to the historical parcel layout of the Climats of the Burgundy vineyard. In 1855, Jules Lavalle classified it among the "premières cuvées" of Vosne. Today, it is expressly registered among the climats that can complete the Vosne-Romanée appellation for wines meeting the conditions for the "premier cru" mention.
