Domain Chateau de la Tour Clos Vougeot 1978 Magnum (150cl)
The 1978 Domaine Château de la Tour Clos Vougeot is a red Burgundy wine classified as Grand Cru, originating from the Clos de Vougeot and produced by Château de la Tour. It is composed of 100% Pinot Noir. The estate owns 5.5 hectares distributed within the Clos de Vougeot and stands out for its location right within the enclosure: its wines are harvested, vinified, aged, and bottled right there. This 1978 vintage bears the estate-bottling indication.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Magnum (150cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Vougeot
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château de la Tour
- Parcelle / Cru
- Clos de Vougeot
- Millésime
- 1978
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Château de la Tour
Located right inside the Clos de Vougeot, Château de la Tour farms 5.5 hectares of this grand cru, of which it is the principal owner. Managed by François and Édouard Labet, the estate handles the harvesting, vinification, aging, and bottling of its cuvées within the walls of the clos. Its parcel of old vines planted in 1910 notably gives rise to the Vieilles Vignes cuvée and, in selected vintages, the Hommage à Jean Morin cuvée.
- Owner
- Famille Labet-Déchelette
- Maître de chais
- Cyril Beutot
- Surface (ha)
- 5.50 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 23000
Histoire du domaine
Château de la Tour is part of a family lineage linking the Beaudet, Morin, Labet, and Déchelette families. The building was constructed in 1890 to house the harvests from the family's possessions in Clos de Vougeot. Jean Morin, husband to a daughter of the Beaudet family, subsequently passed the property down to his daughters, who married into the Labet and Déchelette families respectively. Since the 1930s, the wines have been harvested, vinified, aged, and bottled right inside the walls of the clos. François Labet took over the management of the estate in 1986 and was later joined by his son Édouard, with whom he manages it today. The estate has farmed its vines organically since 1992 and obtained its certification in 2021. A parcel planted in 1910 is reserved for the Vieilles Vignes cuvée; the Hommage à Jean Morin cuvée, created in 2010 for the centenary of this planting, is only produced in vintages deemed exceptional.
Clos de Vougeot
The Clos de Vougeot is a vast, single-piece vineyard enclosure, surrounded by walls and located at the foot of the Côte de Nuits slope, in the commune of Vougeot. Its terroir varies markedly from top to bottom: thin, gravelly soils on Bajocian limestone in the upper part, more clayey brown soils on limestone debris in the middle, and deeper, clayey and silty soils on a marly layer in the lower part. The site simultaneously constitutes a physically demarcated Burgundian climat and the emblematic parcel area of the AOC Grand Cru Clos de Vougeot or Clos Vougeot.
- Vineyard commune
- Vougeot
- Origin of the vineyard name
- "Clos" designates the vineyard historically enclosed by walls; "Vougeot" takes up the name of the place, linked to the Vouge which marks a historical boundary of the estate.
- Altitude
- 240–265 m
- Slope
- gentle, average of about 3.8%
- Soil
- At the top, shallow, granular soils rich in gravel; in the middle, shallow, more clayey brown soils on limestone debris; at the bottom, deeper brown soils rich in clay and fine silt.
- Subsoil and geology
- Jurassic complex; Bajocian limestone slab in the upper part, limestone debris in the middle, and marly layer in the lower part, with the influence of superficial formations linked to the outlet of the combe d'Orveau.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 5.500000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1889
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner of several parcels in the Clos de Vougeot
Histoire de la parcelle
The wine estate was gradually established by the Cistercian abbey of Cîteaux starting from the early 12th century; a medieval agreement set boundaries that have remained almost unchanged, and the wall was built before the end of that century. The farm buildings were developed from the 12th to the 15th century, then complemented in 1551 by the Renaissance residence that became the château du Clos de Vougeot. The abbey kept the estate until the Revolution; the buildings and vineyards were confiscated and then sold as national property in 1791, subsequently leading to the fragmentation of the property. The appellation d'origine contrôlée Clos de Vougeot or Clos Vougeot was recognized by decree on July 31, 1937.
