Domaine Auvenay Meursault Les Narvaux 1999 Bouteille (75cl) CLA
Le Domaine d’Auvenay Meursault Les Narvaux 1999 is a white Burgundy wine from the Les Narvaux parcel in the Meursault appellation. Classified as a Burgundy Premier Cru, it is 100% Chardonnay. The Wine Advocate awards it 95/100, recommending a drinking window between 2018 and 2035; Jancis Robinson rates it 17/20, with a window from 2008 to 2020. Critics describe a deep and concentrated wine, driven by a lively acidity, an ample and chalky texture, with nuances of apricot, candied citrus, and pastry cream.
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Lightly Damaged Capsule
Wine details
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Meursault
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine D'Auvenay
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Narvaux
- Millésime
- 1999
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine D'Auvenay
The Domaine d’Auvenay is Lalou Bize-Leroy’s personal estate, situated around her fortified farmhouse in Saint-Romain, on the heights of the Côte de Beaune. Its 3.87-hectare vineyard comprises plots in the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, planted mainly with Chardonnay, alongside Pinot Noir and Aligoté. The estate is managed using biodynamic methods.
- Owner
- Lalou Bize-Leroy
- Maître de chais
- Lalou Bize-Leroy
- Surface (ha)
- 3.90 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 8 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The history of Domaine d’Auvenay is linked to the Leroy family, who have been involved in the Burgundy wine trade since the founding of Maison Leroy in 1868. Lalou Bize-Leroy inherited the Domaine d’Auvenay with her sister upon the death of their father, Henri Leroy, in 1980. She bought out her sister’s share in 1990 and became the sole owner of the estate situated near Saint-Romain. The core of the vineyard consists mainly of family-owned plots in Meursault and Auxey-Duresses. Between 1989 and 1995, Lalou Bize-Leroy gradually expanded the vineyard by acquiring plots in the Côte de Beaune and the Côte de Nuits. These acquisitions included, in particular, plots in Les Folatières in Puligny-Montrachet, in Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet, in Chevalier-Montrachet, in Bonnes-Mares and in Mazis-Chambertin. The winery was refurbished in 1994. Lalou Bize-Leroy personally oversees the running of the estate and the winemaking decisions, continuing the biodynamic practices applied across her estates.
Les Narvaux
Les Narvaux is a village terroir in Meursault located high on the slope, above the Premiers Crus Genevrières and Porusot. This traditional name notably covers the cadastral lieux-dits Les Narvaux Dessus, Les Narvaux Dessoux, and Les Gorges de Narvaux, which the BIVB lists separately. The slope, which is steep and oriented mainly from east to south-east depending on the sector, features clay-limestone soils that are often thin, stony, and well-drained. The terroir covers approximately 16.22 hectares and falls under the Meursault appellation without Premier Cru classification.
- Vineyard commune
- Meursault
- Origin of the vineyard name
- “Vaux” derives from the Latin vallis and designates a valley; the name refers to the combe or valley of Narvaux.
- Exposure
- East to south-east, with sectors oriented to the south
- Altitude
- 250–350 m
- Slope
- Steep slope; approximately 20% documented on one sector
- Soil
- Clay-limestone soils, low in clay, often thin, stony to very rocky, and well-drained.
- Subsoil and geology
- Hard limestone rocks, locally described as calcaires de Comblanchien, fractured in places.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.670000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner
- Indicative vine age
- Vines planted in 1945.
Histoire de la parcelle
The current official nomenclature distinguishes Les Narvaux Dessus, Les Narvaux Dessoux, and Les Gorges de Narvaux, all located in the cadastral section BK of Meursault. The collective name “Narvaux” nevertheless remains traditionally used by producers for wines coming from one or more of these sectors. These lieux-dits fall under the AOC Meursault, established on July 31, 1937, but do not appear among its officially classified Premier Cru climats.
