Domain Lamarche La Grande Rue 2016 Magnum
The 2016 Domaine Lamarche La Grande Rue is a red Burgundy wine from the La Grande Rue grand cru in Vosne-Romanée. Crafted exclusively from Pinot Noir, it comes from the estate's eponymous plot. The Wine Advocate awards it a score of 92-94/100 and recommends a drinking window of 2021 to 2038. The publication describes a medium-bodied wine defined by expressions of red cherry, blood orange and citrus, underpinned by a mineral texture, fine tannins, depth and a structured finish.
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Lamarche
- Parcelle / Cru
- La Grande Rue
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.
La Grande Rue
La Grande Rue is a physically delineated climat of Vosne-Romanée, which also constitutes a Grand Cru controlled designation of origin reserved for red wines. This monopole forms a strip of vines nestled among the Grand Crus of Vosne-Romanée, notably between Romanée-Conti and La Tâche. La Grande Rue and La Tâche feature brown calcareous soils, shallow in the upper section and evolving towards deeper rendzinas further down. Their substrate consists of hard Premeaux limestone dating from the Jurassic period.
- Vineyard commune
- Vosne-Romanée
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name, attested around 1450, derives from "rue" in the sense of a pathway or road crossing the vineyard.
- Soil
- Brown calcareous soils, shallow in the upper part and deeper in the lower part, with rendzinas.
- Subsoil and geology
- Hard Premeaux limestone, of Jurassic age.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 1.650000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1933
- Vineyard holding status
- Sole owner and operator in monopole
- Indicative vine age
- Average vine age indicated at 30 years in a professional technical sheet dedicated specifically to La Grande Rue.
Histoire de la parcelle
The name "La Grande Rue" appears around 1450 and is the oldest lieu-dit name still in use in Vosne-Romanée. Following the confiscation and sale of its owners' property during the French Revolution, successive owners progressively reunited the adjoining plots, forming a monopole in the 19th century. The Lamarche family has been the sole owner since 1933. Long classified as a Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru, the climat was the subject of an application for recognition initiated in the early 1980s, and the AOC La Grande Rue was officially recognized by the decree of July 2, 1992.
