Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru AOC

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The only Grand Cru appellation position or in the community Vougeot in the Burgundian region Côte d'Or . The famous vineyard in the 14th Century by Cistercian created. In 1330 he was fenced with a high, mile-long wall that still exists today. The monks used the vineyard as a kind of "experimental vineyard," where different, in short intervals varying soil type were the very opposite. You will even have "tasted the ground" to the nature or the Terroir to determine. She tried to speak with scientific methods, which varieties are ideal to which soil for cultivation, and the best Pruning and Fertilization . In the upper area, where the Château de Vougeot is (the former Zisterziensergut), are well drained, poor soil rich in lime-stone and gravel. In the lower area along the road outweigh the less esteemed of alluvial loam and clay.

Clos de Vougeot, with over 50 hectares, the largest Grand Cru location on the Côte d'Or. The vineyard share 85 wineries, often with miniature parts. The extremely long-lived red wine is made mainly from Pinot Noir. Approved but also Pinot and Pinot Liebault Beurot, theoretically could be used even up to 15% Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris. Due to the many producers with different winemaking techniques, the quality of red wines is different, but many of them distinguished from an extract wealth, which truly come into only after a minimum of ten years. Clos du Vougeot addition appears to be on the labels of Clos-Vougeot well. Well-known producers are Arnoux, Bichot (Domaine du Clos Frantin) Confuron-Contetidot, Joseph Drouhin , Drouhin-Laroze, angels, Faiveley, Grivot, Gros Michel, Jadot , Lamarche, Domaine Leroy , Méo-Camuzet, Georges Mugneret, Prieuré-Roch and Tardi.