Domain de la Vougeraie Gevrey Chambertin Les Evocelles 2018
Domaine de la Vougeraie's 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Evocelles is a red Burgundy wine made from 100% Pinot Noir and classified as a Village appellation. This cuvée originates from the Les Evocelles parcel in Gevrey-Chambertin. The Wine Advocate awards it 90-92/100 and describes a concentrated and vibrant wine, driven by fresh acidity, with notes of cassis, spices, dried flowers, and smoked meat. Jancis Robinson rates it 15.5/20 and recommends drinking between 2028 and 2040.
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
- Gevrey Chambertin
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine de la Vougeraie
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Evocelles (Gevrey Chambertin)
- Millésime
- 2018
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine de la Vougeraie
Domaine de la Vougeraie is a family-run Burgundy estate, established in 1999 and based in Premeaux-Prissey. Its vineyards stretch from the Côte de Nuits to the Côte de Beaune and are cultivated using biodynamic methods. It is owned by the Boisset family, represented in particular by Nathalie Berges-Boisset and Jean-Charles Boisset, and holds, amongst other things, the exclusive rights to the Vougeot Premier Cru ‘Le Clos Blanc de Vougeot’.
- Owner
- Famille Boisset (Nathalie Berges-Boisset et Jean-Charles Boisset)
- Maître de chais
- Camille Leynaud-Prince
- Surface (ha)
- 52.15 ha
Histoire du domaine
The Boisset family’s winemaking history, which lies at the origins of Domaine de la Vougeraie, dates back to the 1960s, with the Evocelles vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin. Over the decades, the family acquired plots in the Côte de Nuits, particularly around Vougeot, and later in the Côte de Beaune. The estate was established under the name Domaine de la Vougeraie in 1999, through the consolidation of these family-owned vineyards and estates acquired gradually. Nathalie Berges-Boisset and her brother Jean-Charles Boisset were involved in its creation. The vineyard has been managed organically since the estate’s inception and has been entirely biodynamic since 2011, according to documentation from the Boisset Group. The estate has developed a plot-by-plot approach, with winemaking and ageing methods tailored to each specific plot. Whole-bunch vinification was introduced for red wines from 2008 onwards, depending on the cuvée and vintage. The winery is located in Premeaux-Prissey, between the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune. Today, Camille Leynaud-Prince is responsible for the estate’s oenology and winemaking.
Les Evocelles (Gevrey Chambertin)
Les Évocelles is a climat of the Gevrey-Chambertin appellation located primarily in the commune of Brochon, at the northern end of the appellation and at the top of the slope. It holds Village status, despite its proximity to the premier crus Les Champeaux and Les Goulots. The site is described as steep or terraced, with an orientation ranging according to sources between east and south-east. Pedological descriptions indicate calcareous soils containing silt or clayey silt; another source mentions brown calcic soils on a marly subsoil.
- Vineyard commune
- Brochon
- Origin of the vineyard name
- Uncertain etymology: "Évocelles" is linked either to the Old French "Vaucelle", meaning a small valley, or to "Brosselles", meaning scrubby land.
- Exposure
- East to south-east
- Slope
- Sloping hillside, locally terraced
- Soil
- Calcareous soils; silt to clayey silt on the surface, sometimes described as brown calcic soils
- Subsoil and geology
- Deep silt and marly substrate; reported presence of crinoidal limestone (calcaire à entroques) and marl with Ostrea
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 3.134000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1964
- Vineyard holding status
- Family-owned property acquired and subsequently expanded by adding neighboring vineyards; farmed by the estate
- Indicative vine age
- 1.236 ha planted in 2011/12-2012/13; 1.898 ha from staggered plantings between 1956 and 2010.
Histoire de la parcelle
The climat belongs to the Brochon sector authorized to produce under the Gevrey-Chambertin appellation. Vestiges of old walls and stone mounds (murgers) bear witness to the clearing and gradual cultivation of the hillside. However, consulted sources propose two competing origins for its name, without historically deciding between "Vaucelle" and "Brosselles".
