Domaine Arnoux Lachaux Vosne Romanee Les Chaumes 2021 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2021 Domaine Arnoux Lachaux Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots is a red Burgundy wine from the Les Suchots climat in the Vosne-Romanée appellation. Crafted exclusively from Pinot Noir, it comes from a 0.4-hectare parcel planted in the 1920s. The estate farms this cuvée using regenerative viticulture and biodynamic practices, and vinifies whole clusters with indigenous yeasts. The aging process combines 14 months in barrels, of which 20% are new, with an additional two months in vats.
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
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Arnoux Lachaux
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Suchots
- Millésime
- 2021
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 Suchots
Les Suchots is a climat of Vosne-Romanée officially recognized among the designations that can accompany the Premier Cru mention. It is located to the north of Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg, bordering Les Échezeaux, in a sector of the hillside exposed mainly to the east, locally to the south-east. Descriptions dedicated to the climat point to clay-limestone or reddish-brown, stony soils resting on limestone and marly materials; Oligocene conglomeratic deposits are also observed. A talweg and a soil thickness gradient introduce a certain internal heterogeneity.
- Vineyard commune
- Vosne-Romanée
- Origin of the vineyard name
- Two etymologies are documented: "Suchot" may derive from "souche" (vine stock), in reference to land that was cleared and grubbed, or be related to "suc/suquet", designating a hill or steep slope.
- Exposure
- East to south-east
- Soil
- Clay-limestone, stony soils, locally described as reddish-brown; their thickness generally increases from the top to the bottom of the climat.
- Subsoil and geology
- Limestone and marly subsoil; documented presence of limestone rocks and salmon-colored clayey limestone conglomerates attributed to the Oligocene.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.430000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner of a plot located in the upper part of the climat
- Indicative vine age
- Plot planted in the 1920s; the vines were reported to be about 95 years old in 2017.
Histoire de la parcelle
Viticulture has been attested in Vosne-Romanée since the Middle Ages, notably under the influence of the Abbey of Saint-Vivant. The Vosne-Romanée AOC was recognized in 1936 and the list of its climats eligible for the Premier Cru mention, including Les Suchots, in 1943, based on 19th-century wine-growing classifications. The name preserves the possible memory of former clearing and grubbing, but a topographical origin meaning "hill" is also advocated.
