Domaine Lamarche Echezeaux 2016 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2016 Domaine Lamarche Échezeaux is a red Burgundy wine from the Échezeaux Grand Cru in the Vosne-Romanée appellation. Crafted from 100% Pinot Noir, it comes from a vintage where production of this cuvée was severely reduced by frost. The Wine Advocate awards it 89-91/100 and recommends drinking it between 2020 and 2030, describing a balanced wine featuring firm tannins and a finish with touches of tobacco.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Lamarche
- Parcelle / Cru
- Échezeaux (Vosne Romanée)
- Millésime
- 2016
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Lamarche
Domaine Nicole Lamarche, formerly Domaine François Lamarche, is a family-run estate based in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte de Nuits. It cultivates a vineyard of just over 11 hectares, spread across Vosne-Romanée, Vougeot, Flagey-Échezeaux and Nuits-Saint-Georges, amongst others. The estate is the sole owner of La Grande Rue, a Vosne-Romanée grand cru classified in 1992.
- Owner
- Nicole Lamarche
- Maître de chais
- Nicole Lamarche
- Surface (ha)
- 11.23 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- jusqu'à 60 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The estate’s family history dates back to the late 18th century, with the Lamarche family’s presence in Vosne-Romanée documented as early as 1797. The estate took on its modern form in the early 20th century under the leadership of Henri Lamarche. In 1933, Édouard Lamarche acquired the ‘La Grande Rue’ vineyard and presented it to his nephew Henri on the occasion of his marriage to Aline Demur. This plot, situated between La Tâche and Romanée-Conti, has remained the exclusive property of the Lamarche family ever since. In 1959, a land exchange with the Romanée-Conti estate helped to define its boundaries. Long marketed as a Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru, La Grande Rue was recognised as a Grand Cru appellation by decree on 2 July 1992. Henri Lamarche subsequently passed the estate on to his son François. Following François Lamarche’s death in 2013, his daughter Nicole took over the work in the vineyard and the winemaking, with the support of her cousin Nathalie Lamarche for administrative and commercial matters. The estate has borne Nicole Lamarche’s name on its labels since the 2019 vintage. The vines have been cultivated using certified organic methods since 2010.
Échezeaux (Vosne Romanée)
Échezeaux is a Grand Cru appellation physically delimited within the Côte de Nuits, located entirely within the commune of Flagey-Echézeaux, between Clos de Vougeot and the Premiers Crus of Vosne-Romanée. It brings together eleven climats and features more diverse topography and soils than the neighboring Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru. The vineyard ranges in altitude from 230 meters to just over 300 meters, with a slope reaching 13% mid-slope. Bajocian marls, locally covered with scree, gravel, red alluvium, and yellowish marls, form a complex mosaic.
- Vineyard commune
- Flagey-Echézeaux
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name refers to the former "Chezeaux", originating from Late Latin casa, casale or casalis, designating dwelling sites or a group of homes, likely a former hamlet.
- Exposure
- East-facing
- Altitude
- 230 m
- Slope
- Up to 13% mid-slope
- Soil
- Stony covers, gravel, red alluvium, and yellowish marls; soils 70 to 80 cm deep upslope.
- Subsoil and geology
- Jurassic complex dominated by Bajocian marls.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 1.070000 ha
Histoire de la parcelle
The winegrowing development of Échezeaux is associated with the monks of the Abbey of Cîteaux in the 12th and 13th centuries, within the same historical complex as Clos de Vougeot. The Échezeaux Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée was recognized by the decree of July 31, 1937, published on August 11, 1937.
