Clos St. Denis Grand Cru AOC

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Grand Cru appellation position or in the community Morey-Saint-Denis in the Burgundian region Côte d'Or . The name refers to the St. Denis of Paris (3rd cent.), Was founded in his honor in 1023 a religious community, who owned vineyards here. The name Clos Saint-Denis was first documented in 1367. After the French Revolution (1789) of the church property was auctioned. Today, the majority of wineries in the community. It was classified as Grand Cru in 1936. The vineyard at 300 meters above sea level covers 6.6 hectares of vines on brown, calcareous clay with a relatively small proportion of stones. In addition to the historic Clos Saint-Denis (2.1 hectares) includes the location nor the Climat Calouère (1.3 ha), Les Chaffots (1.3 ha) and Maison-Brulee (1.8 ha). It consists of 37 pitches, which share about 20 owners. A surrounding wall (on which points the Clos) but it has probably never existed. North of the Grand Cru terroir Clos de la Roche South includes the Grand Cru terroir of Clos Lambrays on. The extremely long-lived red wine is made exclusively from Pinot Noir. Approved but also Pinot and Pinot Beurot Liebault, theoretically could be used even up to 15% Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris. Well-known producers are Charlopin, Dujac, Jadot , Lignier, Ponsot.