Domain Prieure Roch Gevrey Chambertin Varoilles 1er Cru 2020
The 2020 Domaine Prieuré Roch Gevrey-Chambertin Varoilles 1er Cru is a red Burgundy wine made from 100% Pinot Noir, coming from the Varoilles plot in Gevrey-Chambertin. This Premier Cru marks the estate's very first vintage working on the Clos des Varoilles, a 6-hectare monopole acquired in 2020. Sheltered by the Combe Lavaux, this site promotes freshness and delivers an expression that combines the characteristic power of a Gevrey 1er Cru with a fresh framework.
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
- Gevrey Chambertin
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Prieuré Roch
- Parcelle / Cru
- Varoilles
- Millésime
- 2020
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Prieuré Roch
Founded in 1988 by Henry-Frédéric Roch, Domaine Prieuré Roch is based in Premeaux-Prissey, in the Côte-d’Or. Its vineyard, covering approximately 20 hectares, is spread across the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune, notably in Nuits-Saint-Georges, Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée, Vougeot, Ladoix and Savigny-lès-Beaune. The estate, managed by Yannick Champ, cultivates, amongst others, the monopoles of Clos des Corvées, Clos des Varoilles and Clos Goillotte.
- Owner
- Financière Henry R. et Chrystelle Roch
- Maître de chais
- Antonio Quari
- Surface (ha)
- 20.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 50 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Henry-Frédéric Roch founded Domaine Prieuré Roch in 1988. He gradually developed the vineyard using cultivation and winemaking methods that avoid synthetic products. Shortly after the estate was founded, he acquired the Clos Goillotte, a 0.55-hectare plot situated in Vosne-Romanée. The estate now comprises around 20 hectares of vineyards spread across Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée, Vougeot, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Ladoix and Savigny-lès-Beaune. Yannick Champ met Henry-Frédéric Roch in 2002, before joining the estate as cellar master in 2005. He became estate manager in 2008 and co-manager in 2010. Following the death of Henry-Frédéric Roch in November 2018, Yannick Champ took over the management of the estate. Antonio Quari is designated by the estate as head winemaker, responsible for overseeing winemaking and ageing. The business is currently owned by Financière Henry R. and Chrystelle Roch, whilst Yannick Champ also serves as managing director.
Varoilles
The site corresponds to the cadastral lieu-dit "Les Veroilles", partly integrated into the official climat Clos des Varoilles, classified as a Premier Cru of Gevrey-Chambertin. The INAO specifications state that this climat includes parts of the lieux-dits Les Veroilles and Etournelles. Located at the mouth of the Combe de Lavaux, it has a southern exposure and is subject to a cool influence linked to the proximity of the combe.
- Vineyard commune
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Exposure
- south
- Subsoil and geology
- Documented succession of Oolithe blanche in the lower part, Calcaire à entroques in the central part, and a band of Marnes à Ostrea acuminata in the upper part.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 6.000000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 2020
- Vineyard holding status
- Monopoly holding
Histoire de la parcelle
The Gevrey-Chambertin appellation was recognized by decree on September 11, 1936. The specific plot area qualifying for the Premier Cru designation was approved by the INAO on February 17 and 18, 1987; the specifications officially list Clos des Varoilles among the classified climats, specifically associating it with the lieu-dit Les Veroilles. Clos des Varoilles has been farmed as a monopole by Domaine Prieuré Roch since 2020.
