Domain Coche Dury Meursault Genevrieres 2018
Le Domaine Coche-Dury Meursault Genevrières 2018 is a white Burgundy wine from the Genevrières climat, classified as Premier Cru, within the Meursault appellation. Made exclusively from Chardonnay, it expresses a parcel-specific cuvée from Domaine Coche-Dury, a producer established in Meursault. This 2018 vintage thus combines the identity of a Meursault Premier Cru with the precision of a single-varietal white from the Côte de Beaune.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Meursault
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Coche Dury
- Parcelle / Cru
- Genevrières (Meursault)
- Millésime
- 2018
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Coche Dury
The Coche-Dury estate is a family-run business based in Meursault, in the Côte de Beaune. Run by Raphaël Coche-Dury, it cultivates plots situated mainly in Meursault, supplemented in particular by vineyards in Puligny-Montrachet, Corton-Charlemagne, Auxey-Duresses, Monthélie and Volnay. Its production consists mainly of Chardonnay whites and a smaller proportion of Pinot Noir reds.
- Owner
- Raphaël Coche-Dury
- Maître de chais
- Raphaël Coche-Dury
- Surface (ha)
- 10.50 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 45 000 à 60 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The origins of the Coche-Dury estate date back to the interwar period in Meursault. For a long time, a significant proportion of its production was sold in bulk to Burgundian wine merchants. From 1964 onwards, Georges Coche expanded the vineyard and steered the estate increasingly towards bottling on the premises. His son Jean-François subsequently took over the family business. In 1975, his marriage to Odile Dury led to the adoption of the name Coche-Dury. Jean-François gradually expanded the estate’s holdings, notably through the acquisition of plots in the climats of Meursault and in Volnay. Raphaël Coche-Dury joined the estate in 1997 and initially worked alongside his father. He is now solely responsible for the estate’s management, the running of the vineyard and the winemaking. The estate currently cultivates around 10.5 hectares under vine, with the majority of the land situated in the commune of Meursault.
Genevrières (Meursault)
Genevrières is a climat officially classified as a Premier Cru of the AOC Meursault, located in the heart of the Premier Cru slope. Its area brings together the lieux-dits Les Genevrières Dessus, Les Genevrières Dessous, part of Les Chaumes des Perrières, and part of Les Chaumes de Narvaux. Sources describe clay-limestone soils and a variable subsoil composed of rocky scree, limestone slabs, or white limestone rock. The altitude, slope, and exposure data published by certain estates concern their own parcels and are therefore not retained as quantified characteristics of the climat as a whole.
- Vineyard commune
- Meursault
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name refers to the juniper, a shrub suited to poor limestone soils exposed to the winds, which was once present on the Côte.
- Soil
- Clay-limestone soils, with variations between stonier sectors and sectors with deeper soils.
- Subsoil and geology
- Rocky scree, slabs, or bedrock and white limestone depending on the sectors of the climat.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.210000 ha
Histoire de la parcelle
The terroir appears in the form "En Genevrier" in a rental roll of the lordship of Meursault dated 1608-1609. Les Genevrières Dessous also appear in the historical cadastral documents of Meursault, while the modern delimitation of the climat groups together several cadastral lieux-dits. Genevrières is today officially recognized among the climats that can complement the Meursault appellation with the "premier cru" mention.
