Domaine Joseph Drouhin Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis Laguiche 2018
The 2018 Domaine Joseph Drouhin Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche is a white Burgundy wine from the Montrachet parcel within the Puligny-Montrachet appellation. Classified as a Burgundy Grand Cru, it is made from 100% Chardonnay. Jancis Robinson awards it 19/20 and recommends drinking between 2024 and 2040; James Suckling gives it 98/100. Critics highlight its density, concentration, evolving complexity and exceptional length, delivering a profile that is both ample, tight and flavorful.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 3
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Puligny Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Drouhin
- Parcelle / Cru
- Montrachet
- Millésime
- 2018
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Drouhin
Maison Joseph Drouhin is a family-run wine merchant and estate established in Beaune since 1880. Its own vineyards cover 100 hectares spread across the regions from Chablis to the Mâconnais, notably in the Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise. The Drouhin family, now represented by the founder’s great-grandchildren, continues to run the business.
- Owner
- Famille Drouhin
- Maître de chais
- Véronique Boss-Drouhin
- Surface (ha)
- 100.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
Maison Joseph Drouhin was founded in Beaune in 1880, when Joseph Drouhin, aged 22, took over an established business in the town’s historic centre. From 1918 onwards, his son Maurice began developing an estate-owned vineyard. In 1921, he acquired his first plot at Clos des Mouches, in Beaune. Robert Drouhin took over in 1957 and continued to expand the estate, notably through the acquisition of Premier Crus and Grands Crus in the Côte de Nuits. In the late 1960s, he significantly expanded the estate’s presence in Chablis, acquiring nearly 40 hectares and the Moulin de Vaudon. In 1987, Robert Drouhin founded Domaine Drouhin Oregon with his daughter Véronique. Philippe Drouhin took over the management of the estates in 1988 and gradually shifted viticultural practices towards organic and biodynamic farming. The company is now run by Philippe, Véronique Boss-Drouhin, Laurent and Frédéric Drouhin; Véronique Boss-Drouhin is responsible for the cellar and winemaking. In 2023, the acquisition of two estates in Saint-Romain and Saint-Véran brought the estate’s own vineyard area to nearly 100 hectares.
Montrachet
Montrachet is a physically delimited climat and Grand Cru appellation shared between Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. Its vines occupy a narrow, elongated strip, perpendicular to the slope, in a slight concavity in the lower part of the east- and southeast-facing hillside. The terroir combines red, clayey, calcareous, and very stony soils with Jurassic substrates differentiated by a fault. Its rapid drainage and nocturnal air drainage limit humidity and frost risks.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet et Chassagne-Montrachet
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name comes from "Mont Rachet," understood as "bald mountain" or "barren mountain," probably referring to the sparsely vegetated promontory overlooking the site; "râche" is a regional term designating ringworm or scurf.
- Exposure
- East to southeast
- Altitude
- 250–270 m
- Slope
- Lower part of the hillside; strip perpendicular to the slope
- Soil
- Red, clayey, calcareous, very stony, and well-structured soils; locally lean and very stoney soils.
- Subsoil and geology
- Fault separating two sectors; Oxfordian marls rich in iron oxides over Bajocian/Callovian flaggy limestones, with locally highly fragmented Bathonian limestones.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 2.060000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Farming, vinification and aging for the de Laguiche family since 1947
Histoire de la parcelle
The cru is attested as early as the 13th century in the form "Mont Rachaz." It truly took off in the 18th century under the impetus of the Clermont-Montoison family, lords of Chagny, and Thomas Jefferson placed it on par with Chambertin in 1787. Puligny and Chassagne appended the name Montrachet to their village names in 1878. A Beaune court ruling defined the appellation of origin in 1921, and the Montrachet AOC was subsequently recognized on July 31, 1937.
