Prieure Roch, Blanc de Maceration, VdF 2023

Domaine Prieuré Roch, founded in 1988 by Henry-Frédéric Roch and co-managed by Yannick Champ, farms about 14 ha biodynamically. Its first vineyard was Clos Goillotte, a 0.55 ha Vosne-Romanée premier cru just south of La Tâche. It also holds Vosne Suchots (1.02 ha) and grands crus Chambertin-Clos de Bèze (1.01 ha) and Clos de Vougeot (0.68 ha). The largest holding is the 5.2 ha Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos des Corvées monopole, alongside Clos des Argillières and about 2 ha of red and white Ladoix. Whole bunches ferment in wooden vats, trodden by foot, then age in new oak; sulphur is avoided and wines go to bottle unfined and unfiltered: pale but aromatically intense.

Region

Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, Burgundy (based in Premeaux-Prissey)

Vineyards

About 14 ha: Clos Goillotte (0.55 ha), Suchots, Clos de Bèze, Clos de Vougeot, Clos des Corvées (5.21 ha monopole), Clos des Argillières, Ladoix

Grapes

Pinot Noir, Chardonnay (Ladoix blanc)

Wines

Vosne-Romanée Clos Goillotte, Vosne Suchots, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze, Clos de Vougeot, Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos des Corvées, Ladoix

Style

Whole-bunch, foot-trodden, new oak, no added sulphur, unfined and unfiltered

Sources: ginsbergchan.com, Wikipedia