Domain Christophe Roumier Ruchottes Chambertin 1999 Bottle (75cl) SD
Domaine Christophe Roumier Ruchottes-Chambertin 1999 is a red Burgundy Grand Cru from the Gevrey-Chambertin area, made exclusively from Pinot Noir. This cuvée comes from the Ruchottes-Chambertin parcel, where the estate farms 0.5436 hectares on an east-facing slope between 285 and 300 meters of altitude. The stony soil and very rocky clay-limestone subsoil characterize this lieu-dit. The wine is vinified using hand harvesting, hand sorting, native yeasts, and partial destemming.
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
- Gevrey Chambertin
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Christophe Roumier
- Parcelle / Cru
- Ruchottes-Chambertin
- Millésime
- 1999
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Christophe Roumier
Domaine Georges Roumier is a family-run estate based in Chambolle-Musigny, in the Côte de Nuits, since 1924. Run by Christophe Roumier, it cultivates around 12.5 hectares spread across Chambolle-Musigny, Morey-Saint-Denis, Gevrey-Chambertin and Pernand-Vergelesses. The vineyard mainly produces Pinot Noir reds, complemented by a white Corton-Charlemagne.
- Owner
- Christophe Roumier
- Maître de chais
- Christophe Roumier
- Surface (ha)
- 12.50 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 40 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The estate was founded in 1924, when Georges Roumier married Geneviève Quanquin, who came from a family that owned vineyards in Chambolle-Musigny. Georges Roumier then expanded the estate and introduced on-site bottling, at a time when the wine merchant sector still largely dominated the industry. His son Jean-Marie officially succeeded him in 1961. During the 1950s, the estate expanded, notably with vineyards in Bonnes-Mares and the Clos de la Bussière in Morey-Saint-Denis, acquired in 1953. A plot of Corton-Charlemagne was acquired in 1968; it produced its first vintage under the name Jean-Marie Roumier in 1974. Christophe Roumier, a graduate in oenology, joined his father in 1981. From the 1983 vintage onwards, the entire harvest has been bottled at the estate. Since Jean-Marie Roumier’s retirement in 1990, Christophe Roumier has managed the estate, whilst his sister Delphine plays an active role in the family business. He personally oversees the winemaking process; the estate’s practices include hand-harvesting, the use of indigenous yeasts and ageing in a limited proportion of new oak. The vineyard covers approximately 12.5 hectares, a significant portion of which is farmed under a family lease.
Ruchottes-Chambertin
Ruchottes-Chambertin is a physically delimited climat and a Grand Cru appellation in the commune of Gevrey-Chambertin, comprising the lieux-dits Ruchottes du Bas and Ruchottes du Dessus. Situated on the slope above the piedmont and higher up than the Chambertin vineyard, it benefits from an eastward exposure and a moderate slope. Its shallow, stony, and highly well-draining soils rest on fractured Bathonian limestones.
- Vineyard commune
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The toponym "Ruchottes", related to "roche" (rock), evokes the abundance of stones and dry-stone walls ("murgers") characteristic of the site.
- Exposure
- eastward
- Altitude
- 290–310 m
- Slope
- moderate
- Soil
- Skeletal soils, generally carbonated, very thin and very stony, rich in clay and red silts.
- Subsoil and geology
- Substrate of frost-weathered and fractured Bathonian limestones, belonging to Middle Jurassic formations.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.544000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1977
- Vineyard holding status
- Sharecropping agreement on a property belonging to Michel Bonnefond; one-third of the harvest is labeled Christophe Roumier
- Indicative vine age
- Average age indicated by the estate: 40 years.
Histoire de la parcelle
The name "Ruchottes" appears in the archives of Gevrey in the 16th century, and the site appears to have already been planted with vines at that time. Its reputation seems to have been established by the 18th century; in 1855, Jules Lavalle classified the upper part as a first cuvée and the lower part as a second cuvée. A judgment by the Dijon court in 1931 recognized the appellation of origin and its boundaries, and the AOC Ruchottes-Chambertin was officially recognized on July 31, 1937.
