Domaine Prieure Roch Gamay [2017] 750ml, red Domaine Prieure Roch Gamay

A natural domaine founded by a thoroughbred in the wine world, also known as a co-owner of DRC.

The domaine was founded in 1988 by Mr. Henri Frédéric Roque, nephew of Ms. Larry Bees Leroy and co-owner of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. By studying ancient texts, we have revived and implemented the viticulture and winemaking methods practiced by Cistercian monks over 700 years ago. According to Mr. Locke, ``This is a cultivation method that maintains fertile soil by activating microorganisms and aims to harmonize with the providence of the universe.'' Unfortunately, Mr. Rock passed away due to cancer in November 2018 at the young age of 56, but his wishes were expressed by Yannick Champ, a winemaker from Paris who has been a co-owner since 2010. It has been inherited by.

The logo on the label comes from an ancient Egyptian document. The green knife-shaped pattern on the left represents a grape tree, the three red circles at the bottom represent grapes, the yellow oval at the top right represents God, and the yellow oval at the bottom right represents a person. His idea that wine is created by both nature (God) and humans is expressed.

cultivation

He owns 11ha of fields in Nuits-Saint-Georges and Vosne-Romanée, and Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos des Corves and Vosne-Romanée Clos Goillot are monopole (singlely owned) fields in Prieure Rock. is. Biologic (affiliated with Triple “A”). We do not use any pesticides such as herbicides or chemical fertilizers, and only use organic fertilizers (leaf from fermenting grapes and our own wine, cow dung, etc.) when necessary. In addition, weeding and harvesting are done by hand, without relying on machines.

brewing

After the grapes are harvested and carefully sorted, the whole bunch is placed in a fermentation tank. Fermentation is carried out in wooden barrels using only wild yeast. In addition, we still adhere to the ancient winemaking method of crushing the grapes with human hands, and bottle the wine without rinsing or filtration. The wood for the barrels used for aging is jointly used by Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, which purchased unharvested trees over 50 years ago.

A 100% Gamay wine made from a 0.3ha field in Coteau Bourguignon (formerly Burgundy Grand Ordinaire). Whole bunch fermentation is carried out, which is common to Prieure Rock, and only a small amount of SO2 is added just before bottling. Due to the high ripeness of the grapes, there is no grassy smell at all, and the wine has plenty of fruit flavor and is very soft on the palate. You can enjoy it even from a young age.