Nicole Lamarche Vosne-Romanee Les Suchots Premier Cru 2018

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    Vintage
    2018

    Size
    750ML

    ABV
    13.5%

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    Nicole Lamarche Vosne-Romanee Les Suchots Premier Cru is matured in oak casks for between 16 and 20 months (between 60 and 100% new oak depending on the vintage). Bottled with no fining and no filtering. Enjoy this 100% Pinot Noir with all kinds of light meat (chicken, lamb, etc.) and cheeses; serve at 60°F.

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    Nicole Lamarche, France
    Domaine Lamarche was run by François Lamarche together with his wife Marie-Blanche from the death of his father Henri in 1985 until his retirement in 2006. The vineyards belonged jointly to François and to his sister Genevieve and their respective daughters Nicole and Nathalie, who are now in charge. Nicole is responsible for the vineyards and wine making, and Nathalie runs the commercial aspects of the domaine. The vineyard portfolio of this important domaine was created masterfully over three generations of the Lamarche family. Most of the domaine’s holdings are in the village of Vosne-Romanée. The jewel in the crown is the monopole vineyard of La Grande Rue, a 1.65ha Grand Cru “sandwiched” between the vineyards of Romanée-Conti and La Romanée on the north, and La Tâche on the south. Interestingly, this fine vineyard was honored Grand Cru classification only in 1992. This is the second smallest Grand Cru in the Côte d’Or (the smallest is La Romanée with 0.85 ha). The domaine’s other vineyards include fine parcels of Grands-Échezeaux, Échezeaux, and a unique blend of Clos de Vougeot from three different parcels located at different parts of the Clos; an array of top notch Premiers Crus in Vosne-Romanée including Les Malconsorts, Les Suchots, Les Chaumes, La Croix Rameau; along with the recent addition of Nuits-Saint-Georges “Les Cras”. It took hard work over many years to bring the domaine back on track, and the hard work was evident since the 1999 vintage and dramatically since the 2005, two years after Nicole completed her diploma in Oenology and joined her father at the domaine. Since 2006 Nicole has been solely in charge of the domaine, and she now runs the domaine according to her own philosophy. The vineyard practices were changed to organic cultivation, the barrel suppliers were changed and less new wood used (maximum 50% for the top wines depending on the vintage), and the equipment in the winery was updated to modern standards. From the 2018 vintage the Francois Lamarche wines are labelled Nicole Lamarche.
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    Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”

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    This is the village for the most die-hard Burgundy fanatics. Vosne-Romanée has for many hundreds of years been the source of the most sought-after Pinot Noir in Burgundy. The village claims six Grands Crus—and some of the most famous at that—but in other villages where owners manage tiny parcels or a few rows of any one vineyard, monopolies dominate the Grands Crus of Vosne-Romanee.

    Of these monopolies, Domaine Romanee-Conti (DRC) reigns supreme, claiming not only more total vineyard area than any other producer, but outright owning the entirety of two of the Grands Crus and a majority of two others. In its full possession are naturally Romanée-Conti, as well as La Tâche. DRC also owns most of Richebourg and Romanée-St-Vivant. The final two, La Grande Rue and La Romanée are completely owned by other other produers: François Lamarche and Comte Liger Belair, respectively.

    While one could spend a lifetime on the puzzles of land ownership in Burgundy, the point is that Vosne-Romanee contains the most valuable pieces of vineyard real estate in the world. Pinot Noir from any of its vineyards—especially from within its 27ha of Grand Cru or 58 ha of Premier Cru land—is going to rank among the best.

    The most outstanding wines from this village have everything: finesse and elegance coupled with the body and sturdiness for incredibly long aging ability. They are intensely floral and exotically spiced. Beautifully ripe, complex and ephemeral throughout, they are robust, yet fine-grained in texture. These wines will stay gorgeous for the long haul.

    PDXFL669761_2018 Item# 669761

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