2019 Ladoix Le Cloud Rouge
- Producer
- Prieure Roch, Domaine
- Region
- Burgundy
- Appellation
- Ladoix
- Format
- 3x75cl
- Price
- £660 per case (In Bond, GBP)
- Availability
- In stock
In Bond Fine Wine. 2019 Domaine Prieure Roch Ladoix Le Cloud Rouge, Ladoix, Burgundy, France. Red Burgundy in 3x75cl. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
In 1988 Henry-Frederic Roch, co-director of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and grandson of Henri Leroy of Maison Leroy, decide to create his own domaine, buying vineyards in Vosne-Romanée offered for sale by DRC. From the outset, he pursued a highly individual approach to Burgundy, with organic farming and minimal intervention in the cellar. Production is small and the wines have developed a devoted following, making Prieuré Roch one of Burgundy’s most distinctive and sought-after domaines. The domaine has an exceptional collection of vineyards, including holdings in Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Gevrey-Chambertin. Particularly notable are its monopoles: Clos des Corvées in Nuits-Saint-Georges, Clos des Varoilles in Gevrey-Chambertin and the tiny Clos Goillotte in Vosne-Romanée. The winemaking is distinctive and deliberately hands-off. Grapes are usually fermented as whole bunches…