Domaine De La Vougeraie 'Les Evocelles' Gevrey-Chambertin 2022

The Domaine de La Vougeraie is a selection of estates acquired over time and blended with the family's own vines. Its history goes back to 1964 with Les Evocelles, the first plot to be acquired by our father at the start of his career in his home village of Gevrey-Chambertin.

Twenty years later, the vines of Vougeot and our first plot on the Côte de Beaune were added. 1996 brought more land around Beaune, before the loop was closed and we returned to Vougeot with the addition of Le Clos Blanc, the famous monopole with its glinting gold wines. And that is how the Domaine de la Vougeraie came into being; naturally, like a return to the source.

Gevrey-Chambertin wine originates from the village of the same name, or the neighbouring locality of Brochon, which have identical terroirs. The original name, Les Brosselles, designated an area of scrubland, but long ago vines were planted and the name became Les Evocelles. It is Brochon’s most exceptional and best-known climat, ideally located in the edge of a coomb near the top of the slope. Its exposure and location are often compared to Les Ruchottes-Chambertin, and indeed the two wild, unpretentious climats have strong resemblances. The remains of age-old walls run down the slope, intermingled with old murgers, which are piles of stones removed from the vines over the centuries by generations of winegrowers.