Clos Des Lambrays Grand Cru Domaine Des Lambrays 2019
Clos of 9 hectares monopoly of the Lambrays family adjoins another cru monopoly, Clos de Tart. Plot of land that became Grand Cru in the eighties, has seen succession motli owners who have not grasped the real potential. Today, Clos des Lambrays is the largest Granc Cru parcel in the whole Cote de Nuits, with an average age of vines over 40 years old. For over thirty years Thierry Brouin has been making wine with only partial destemming, followed by fermentation in stainless steel at a controlled temperature and some punching down. The wine matures for 24 months in pièces, new to 50%.
Wine of enormous character and thickness. The olfactory part recalls wild spices and incense, helped by a vinification on the stems that amplifies the floral finesse. The wine is intense but also flexible. COme recites Thierry "an iron fist in a velvet glove".
Domaine Des Lambrays
Clos des Lambrays, mentioned since 1365 in the documents of the abbey of Cîteaux was divided between 74 owners after the French revolution and only in 1866 reported to unity. After a little glorious interlude, starting in 1979, he began a new course with Thierry Brouin as oenologist and director of the Domaine. Since 1981, the history and quality of Clos des Lambrays are definitively sanctioned by the classification in Grand Cru. The Clos des Lambrays has always been a wine in which the great stylistic essentiality hides a huge aging potential. The maison covers 9 hectares with the ownership of the largest Grand Cru of the Cote de Nuits. The property belongs to the Freund Koblenz family, but the domaine is always managed by Thierry Brouin. The vineyard is conducted according to principles inspired by organic (reasoned struggle), with extensive use of the horse for many of the work; the vinifications are all made with the stalks and the grapes of the most gipovani vineyards are declassed as Morey Saints Denis 1 er cru.
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