Domaine Laurent Roumier’s Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru adds a further dimension to the estate’s Côte de Nuits Grand Cru portfolio, which already includes Bonnes Mares in this catalogue. Clos de Vougeot, the walled monopole of the Cistercian monks carved from the hillside above Vougeot over more than four centuries, is at 50 hectares the largest single classified Grand Cru in Burgundy. The wide variation in quality across its expanse, from the exceptional upper slope limestone parcels adjacent to the Chateau to the less well-drained lower sections near the Route Nationale, makes the producer’s parcel position and farming philosophy critical in determining the wine’s character. Laurent Roumier’s holding reflects the Roumier family’s established relationship with the finest Côte de Nuits vineyard parcels, and his natural, low-intervention approach to winemaking should allow the Clos de Vougeot’s inherent terroir to express itself with the same clarity that his Chambolle-Musigny and Bonnes Mares achieve in their own appellations.

The 2022 Clos de Vougeot from Laurent Roumier will have been produced from the vintage’s warm, generous conditions, which provided excellent ripeness and accessible tannin structure across the Côte de Nuits. For Clos de Vougeot specifically, where the combination of the clay and limestone soils’ natural richness and the vintage’s warmth can produce wines of considerable weight and power, a producer of Laurent Roumier’s restrained sensibility and minimal-intervention philosophy should be able to translate the vintage’s character into a wine of breadth and mineral definition without excessive extraction or over-ripeness.

The opportunity to acquire three different 2022 Laurent Roumier Grand Cru wines in a single catalogue batch (Bonnes Mares, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru in Batch 13 and this Clos de Vougeot) provides an unusual opportunity for direct comparison of a thoughtful, honest small producer across three different Côte de Nuits terroirs in the same vintage, and for collectors interested in the Roumier family heritage, a revealing survey of what this estate is producing in its earliest decades.

Deep ruby with a concentrated and earthy nose of dark cherry, plum, iron mineral, spice, forest floor and the distinctive Clos de Vougeot richness from its clay-limestone alluvial soils. Full-bodied with structured tannins, excellent natural acidity and a long, mineral, powerful finish of Grand Cru authority. Best from 2029 through 2048.