Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru, Cros Parantoux

Specification

Producer

Domaine Emmanuel Rouget

Region

Burgundy

Where

Flagey-Échezeaux, Burgundy

Classification

Premier Cru

Grapes

Pinot Noir

Vintage

2015

Case

12 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

VOSROM1512X75

About this wine

Cros Parantoux is a small premier cru high on the slope of Vosne-Romanée, above Richebourg. Henri Jayer cleared and replanted the abandoned site after the Second World War and made its name; today it is shared mainly between Domaine Emmanuel Rouget and Domaine Méo-Camuzet. Its Pinot Noir is intense, pure and finely structured, and it is among the rarest and most sought-after wines of Burgundy.

About Domaine Emmanuel Rouget

Domaine Emmanuel Rouget is based in Flagey-Échezeaux and is closely linked to Henri Jayer, Emmanuel Rouget's uncle and one of the most influential Burgundy growers of the twentieth century. Rouget worked alongside Jayer and took over the farming of many of his vines as Jayer stepped back, continuing to make wine under his guidance.

The domaine's holdings include parcels in Échezeaux and in the Vosne-Romanée premier cru Cros Parantoux, the vineyard Jayer famously replanted. The wines follow Jayer's approach of ripe, carefully sorted fruit, a cool pre-fermentation maceration and new oak, giving Pinot Noir of depth and perfume. Production is small and the wines are scarce.