Dreyfus Ashby Winter Portfolio 2023

France Burgundy

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé

History • Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé traces back to 1450 and the Chambolle vines of the ancestor Jean Boisson. • The estate is now directed by Claire de Causans and Marie de Ladoucette, the grand-daughters of the Comte Georges de Vogüé. The estate is runned with the prestigious team: oenologist and winemaker Jean Lupatelli, vineyard manager Eric Bourgogne and sales director Jean-Luc Pepin.

Vineryards • The domaine owns 12.43 ha in Chambolle-Musigny with most of the estated located in Musigny. Le Musigny is located Sputh of the village Chambolle-Musigny and borders on the Grand Cru de Vougeot, Echezeaux and to the Premier Cru Les Amoureuses (North East) • Musigny is the only Grand Cru vineyard in Cote de Nuits for both white and red wines production, even though red wine dominates by 90%. Lutte raisonnee (literally reasoned battle) is key at the Domaine, along with the ‘confusion sexuelle’ practice. 2020 Bonnes Mares Grand Cru • 2020 Musigny Blanc Grand Cru

2020 Musigny Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru • Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé is by far the largest owner of Grand Cru Musigny, i.e. 66,5 % of the entire vineyard, with a total of 7.12 ha, including all of Les Petits Musigny (4,2 ha - a monopole) and 2,92 ha of Le Musigny.

The domaine owns a block of vines account ing for 2.7 hectares and an average produc tion of approximately 420 cases per year. The vines are located entirely in the Cham bolle portion of the vineyard that

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It is the location that is classed as Grand Cru, so red or white (assuming the AOC is in place), if the grapes come from Musigny the resulting wine is entitled to the Musigny label.

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is closest to the village itself. • This provides for a slightly more elegant Bonnes-Mares, but one that is heavily scented with violet and peony. • The domaine’s vines average 29 years old. • New oak: 35-40% for the Bonnes Mares

• Robert Parker (Burgundy, 1990) wrote that the Chardonnay vines of Musigny were “planted at the request of the late Comtesse de Vogüé”; at the domaine today there is no direct evidence of that, or an exact planting date, but what is sure is that there was definitely a white Musigny pro duced as early as the 1930’s, so the Comtesse would have been quite young.

• To ensure the best possible quality and emphasize its non compromise policy, the Do maine commercializes the Musigny solely under the label “Vieilles Vignes”, i.e. from select ed vines exclusively between 25 years of age and approximately 60 years of age. • Fruit is 100% destemmed. • New oak: 35-40% for Musigny Vieilles Vignes.

2020 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru • Despite owning portions of Les Baudes and Les Fuées in addition to their holding in

2020 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses • Complementing this holding is 0, 56 ha of the 1er Les Amoureuses, the Domaine’s smallest production, just below the Le Musi gny vineyard. • The parcel is located in the most southern part of the

2020 Chambolle-Musigny Village • The de Vogüé villages wine comes mainly from a 1.8 hectares plot in the climate of Les Porlottes. Typical production of a little over 400 cases. • Average age 30 years. • The Domaine also owns small sections totaling 0.34 ha in •

Amoureuses, there is actually no premier Cru wine in these bottles, only the declassified

juice from the young (under 25 years) Musigny vines—Musigny in short trousers as the domaine likes to call it. • The first outing for this wine was the 1995 vintage—before this time quite a lot of juice was sold to the negociants. hectares of these young vines, producing around 500 cases of Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru per year. • Today, there are about 2.8

“climat”, on top of a bedrock of compact Comblanchien lime stone with pebbles at all soil levels and some oolite below. • It has a terraced configura tion (like a balcony) 45 feet overlooking some vineyard of Vougeot called “les Petits Vougeot”.

the Chambolle 1er Crus of Les Baudes (average 54 year-old vines) and Les Fuées whose vines average 45 years. • Rather than vinify these sepa rately, they effectively declassify the resulting 1er Cru wines by choosing to blend into their single villages cuvée.