Domain Lecheneaut Morey St Denis Clos des Ormes 2016
The 2016 Domaine Lecheneaut Morey-Saint-Denis Clos des Ormes is a red Burgundy wine made from 100% Pinot Noir and classified as a Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru. This cuvée comes from the Clos des Ormes parcel, located just below the Clos de la Roche grand cru and bordering Charmes-Chambertin. The estate farms vines here that are approximately 70 years old and harvests by hand, two key characteristics of this single-parcel selection.
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Morey Saint Denis
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Lecheneaut
- Parcelle / Cru
- Clos des Ormes
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Lecheneaut
Domaine Lécheneaut is a family-run estate based in Nuits-Saint-Georges, in the Côte de Nuits. It cultivates around 12 hectares of vines spread across some twenty Burgundian appellations. The estate is currently run by Vincent Lécheneaut and his son Jules.
- Owner
- Vincent Lécheneaut et Jules Lécheneaut
- Surface (ha)
- 12.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 50 000 à 60 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Fernand Lécheneaut founded the estate in Nuits-Saint-Georges in the late 1950s. At that time, the estate comprised 2.5 hectares of vineyards situated in the communes of Nuits-Saint-Georges, Chambolle-Musigny and Morey-Saint-Denis. In 1986, his sons Philippe and Vincent, who had trained at the Beaune wine college, took over the family estate. From 1987 onwards, they expanded the estate by leasing vineyards in Nuits-Saint-Georges and Vosne-Romanée. Plots were subsequently acquired in Chambolle-Musigny and Gevrey-Chambertin, notably in Premier Cru appellations; the vineyard portfolio was also expanded to include Les Pruliers in Nuits-Saint-Georges and Le Clos des Ormes in Morey-Saint-Denis. The winery was extended and fitted with a temperature-control system, whilst an additional cellar and a storage building were constructed in 2005. Jules Lécheneaut, Vincent’s son, joined the estate in 2017. Recent legal and professional records now identify Vincent and Jules Lécheneaut as the estate’s managers, following Philippe Lécheneaut’s retirement.
Clos des Ormes
Clos des Ormes is a climat of Morey-Saint-Denis, the upper two-thirds of which, representing the area considered here, are officially classified as Premier Cru. It is located in the northern part of the village territory, just below the Grand Cru Clos de la Roche, and benefits from an eastward exposure. Geological studies of the vineyard link this northern sector of Premiers Crus to the hard Comblanchien limestone. The clay-limestone soil indications and general altitude published for the appellation as a whole are not transposed as exact data for the climat.
- Vineyard commune
- Morey-Saint-Denis
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name refers to the elms formerly present on the site. Despite the term "Clos" and the presence of a stone entrance, the climat is no longer enclosed by a continuous wall.
- Exposure
- East (facing east)
- Altitude
- 265 m
- Subsoil and geology
- Comblanchien limestone, a hard cream-colored limestone characteristic of the northern sector of the Premiers Crus of Morey-Saint-Denis.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.075000 ha
Histoire de la parcelle
The 1861 wine classification already placed the upper half of Clos des Ormes in its first class. The Morey-Saint-Denis appellation was established in 1936, and current specifications officially recognize "Clos des Ormes" as a Premier Cru climat over only a portion of the cadastral lieu-dit. The lower third retains the same lieu-dit name but falls under the village appellation without the Premier Cru designation.
