Domain Robert Groffier Chambolle Musigny Sentiers 2018 Bottle (75cl)
The 2018 Domaine Robert Groffier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Sentiers is a red Burgundy wine made from 100% Pinot Noir in the Chambolle-Musigny appellation. This cuvée comes from the Les Sentiers climat, a premier cru situated on the edge of Bonnes-Mares. The estate describes it as a fuller expression of Chambolle-Musigny, combining the appellation's characteristic finesse with a firmer structure. A family estate based in Morey-Saint-Denis, Robert Groffier cultivates exclusively Pinot Noir across its vineyards in the Côte de Nuits.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Chambolle Musigny
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Robert Groffier
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Sentiers
- Millésime
- 2018
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Robert Groffier
Domaine Robert Groffier Père & Fils is a family-run estate in the Côte de Nuits, based in Morey-Saint-Denis. Its eight hectares of Pinot Noir are situated mainly in Chambolle-Musigny and also in Gevrey-Chambertin, with no vines in Morey-Saint-Denis. Nicolas Groffier now manages the estate and oversees winemaking, alongside his sister Julie, who is part of the family management team.
- Owner
- Famille Groffier (notamment Nicolas et Julie Groffier)
- Maître de chais
- Nicolas Groffier
- Surface (ha)
- 8.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The Groffier family’s roots in viticulture date back to the 19th century, with Frédéric Groffier. Between the 1930s and 1950s, Jules Groffier built up a significant part of the family’s wine-growing estate in Chambolle-Musigny and in the grands crus, notably at Les Amoureuses, Bonnes-Mares and Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze. His son Robert Groffier, born in 1931, began working in the vineyards in 1945 and established the estate in its current form. He began bottling wine at the estate in the 1960s, whilst continuing to sell some of the grapes to wine merchants until the 1990s. Serge Groffier worked alongside his father from his teenage years and was responsible for winemaking from 1984 to 2006. Nicolas Groffier joined the estate in 2005 and has been in charge of the wines since 2007. Julie Groffier joined the estate in 2014; she now works alongside Nicolas in running this family-owned estate. The estate is based in Morey-Saint-Denis, whilst its vineyards are spread across Chambolle-Musigny and Gevrey-Chambertin.
Les Sentiers
Les Sentiers is a Premier Cru climat in Chambolle-Musigny, located north of the village near the border with Morey-Saint-Denis. It forms a strip of vineyards immediately below Bonnes-Mares, from which it is mainly separated by the Route des Grands Crus. Facing south-east, it occupies a moderate slope that tends to flatten out towards the bottom. The clayey to clay-limestone soils, which are quite deep and mixed with stones, rest in a limestone sector heavily compartmentalized by faults.
- Vineyard commune
- Chambolle-Musigny
- Origin of the vineyard name
- Toponym linked to the rural paths and tracks bordering the climat; three crossroads are noted along its perimeter.
- Exposure
- South-east
- Altitude
- 263–270 m
- Slope
- Moderate slope, flattening out towards the bottom of the climat
- Soil
- Clayey to clay-limestone soil, quite deep, brown-red and mixed with limestone pebbles
- Subsoil and geology
- Jurassic limestone formations, notably calcaire de Prémeaux, in a sector compartmentalized by a network of faults
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 1.070000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner and grower
- Indicative vine age
- Vines over 80 years old according to a professional source; Nicolas Groffier indicated 80 years for the 2019 vintage.
Histoire de la parcelle
Les Sentiers was already individualized in 19th-century wine classifications: Jules Lavalle ranked it as a third cuvée in 1855, while the 1861 statistical map more favorably distinguished its upper section. The Chambolle-Musigny appellation was recognized on September 11, 1936. Today, Les Sentiers is among the climats officially recognized with the "Premier Cru" designation.
