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"It
mixes grace with vigour, it associates strength with finesse
and all these opposing qualities, once conciliated, make
up an admirable sythesis of a unique generosity and complete
virtue."
Gaston Roupnel
Complex, subtile and widely-affirmed, the localities of
Gevrey-Chambertin are among the most reputed in Burgundy.
The reason is simple. The vast area, which takes in no less
than 450 hectares, offers a unique and rare diversity of
soils which range from Lias clays on the slopes to chalky
gravel.
From these soils wines with a square roundness are born !
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Let
us survey these places together, which once lovingly chosen,
make up the village of Gevrey-Chambertin.
Let
us begin by the first of them. In Dérée, a superb plot of
land, situated in mid-hillside in the direction of the little
village of Brochon, well exposed and well drained, it makes
up the powerful frame of our Gevrey.
Its name probably evoked " desert "
in Gaulish times or a fallow land indifferent to cultivation
because of the difficulty involved in working it.
The
plot of land known as Champerrier, a neighbour of the
first one, gives us wines which make people marvel at
their density and their texture. It is the oldest Gevrey
vine, planted by Pierre Arthur Trapet in 1919.
Let
us come closer to the old castle and the center of Gevrey,
where our Clos de Combe is situated. Surrounded by beautiful
dry- stone walls, it offers us firm, coloured wines which
are full-bodied and delicious. The word " Combe "
refers here to the place where the relief is indented
and grooved.
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In
the direction of the Great Vintages, the Petite Jouise shows
off its beautiful " queulles " of more
than fifty years old.
Its
name reveals the existence of sinister-looking forks in
the Middle Ages. In this place seigniorial justice was practiced.
This
vintage has fortunately lost its wooden forks, nowadays
replaced by stakes which support a vine of grapes of great
finesse. Let us finish off our tour by a place named Vigne
Belle : a place where the vine is beautiful and prosperous.
Permanent aspiration of the wine-maker, the beautiful vine
with the subtile bunches makes the sap of our soils intelligible.
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