Domain Henri Jayer Nuits Saint-Georges Meurgers 1977 -4cm
Domaine Henri Jayer Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Meurgers 1977 is a red Burgundy wine from the Les Meurgers premier cru in the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation. Crafted exclusively from Pinot Noir, this vintage comes from a cuvée classified among the four premier crus associated with producer Henri Jayer. Les Meurgers thus anchors this wine in the heritage of the great Côte de Nuits climats worked by the producer.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- -4cm
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Nuits Saint-Georges
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Henri Jayer
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Meurgers
- Millésime
- 1977
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Henri Jayer
Henri Jayer refers to the Vosne-Romanée winemaker Henri Jayer (1922–2006) and the wines he produced in Burgundy. His estate no longer exists as an independent wine-producing estate: the vineyards were gradually handed over to his nephew Emmanuel Rouget, whilst Cros-Parantoux is now run by Emmanuel Rouget and, in part, by the Méo-Camuzet estate.
Histoire du domaine
Born in Vosne-Romanée in 1922, Henri Jayer took over the family estate in 1939, at the age of 16, when his brothers were called up for military service. He then went on to study oenology in Dijon. His estate initially covered 3.5 hectares spread across Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Échézeaux. After the war, he also worked as a sharecropper on vineyards that did not belong to him. In 1950, he entered into a sharecropping agreement with Maria Noirot-Camuzet for Cros-Parantoux, a plot of land in Vosne-Romanée that was then lying fallow, almost all of which he subsequently acquired. He began bottling some of his wines under his own name in 1959. Having initially blended Cros-Parantoux into his Vosne-Romanée village wine, he began vinifying it separately from 1978 onwards. His winemaking practices were based in particular on careful soil management, moderate yields, the complete destemming of the harvest and the use of new oak barrels. Emmanuel Rouget, his nephew, began working with him in 1976 and gradually took over the estate; by 2001, all of Henri Jayer’s vineyards were under his control. Henri Jayer died in Dijon on 20 September 2006. Two-thirds of Cros-Parantoux now belong to Henri Jayer’s two daughters and are managed by Emmanuel Rouget; the remainder is managed by the Méo-Camuzet estate.
Les Meurgers
"Les Meurgers" corresponds to the ancient or commercial variant of the climat officially named "Aux Murgers". This Premier Cru is located in the northern part of Nuits-Saint-Georges, towards Vosne-Romanée, between the sectors of Les Boudots and La Richemone. Established on the slope or at its base, it features stony soils with a clay-limestone composition, with finer local variations that are sandy or silty.
- Vineyard commune
- Nuits-Saint-Georges
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name refers to "murgers" or "meurgers", piles of stones cleared from the vines and accumulated along the edges of the plots.
- Exposure
- East to south-east
- Altitude
- 250–270 m
- Slope
- Moderate slope, mid-slope to lower-slope sector
- Soil
- Stony clay-limestone soils, locally fine, sandy or silty
- Subsoil and geology
- Calcaire rose de Prémeaux, with stony limestone materials
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1951
- Vineyard holding status
- Sharecropping agreement with the Noirot-Camuzet family, ended in 1987
Histoire de la parcelle
The climat appears under the official name "Aux Murgers" in the current specifications of the AOC Nuits-Saint-Georges. The forms "Les Murgers" and "Les Meurgers" appear on cuvees and labels, particularly older ones, without designating a distinct official climat.
