2022 Domaine du Couvent Gevrey-Chambertin La Romanée Premier Cru Monopole

Aromas of red and black fruits, spice, crushed stones, savory notes. Medium-bodied, refined, supple tannins. Hand-harvested. Destemmed, with a brief cold maceration; fermented on indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled cement tanks. Aged for 15 months in French oak barrels, with approx. 20% new oak.
An exceptional and unique premier cru vineyard, ‘La Romanée’ sits high up in the valley of Chaudron and faces full south, with ideal “marne blanche” soils, limestone marl that is also very stony. Some 80 years ago the plot was planted half to Chardonnay; today it is a source of vibrantly mineral, structured Pinot Noir wines. This more than two acre vineyard is a monopole, farmed and harvested exclusively by winemaker Philippe Chéron.