Domaine Duroché, Gevrey-Chambertin, Le Clos

The artisanal Domaine Duroché has been crafting world-class red Burgundy from the heart of Gevrey-Chambertin for five generations now. Pierre Duroché started working with his father, Gilles, in 2005 and is now firmly and confidently at the helm of Domaine Duroché. A traditionalist in the very best sense, Pierre is following in the time-tested footsteps of his forbearers and crafts terroir-driven wines of ample elegance and finesse with the inimitable fingerprint of Gevrey-Chambertin. The family crafts 8.25 hectares of the appellation from Bourgogne Rouge all the way up to four Grand Crus. Before Pierre took the reins of the domaine, the village wines were blended and merely bottled as Gevrey-Chambertin, but Pierre saw more potential in some of their special lieu-dit holdings. Consequently, he crafted today’s ‘Les Clos’ as a single-vineyard bottling. Near the picturesque church in Gevrey, next door to his grandmother’s house and adjacent to Domaine Rousseau, the unique parcel of ‘Les Cl