Blanc de Maceration
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork belly, aged Comté cheese, Moroccan vegetable tagine
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Prieuré Roch's Blanc de Macération is a striking testament to the estate's avant-garde yet deeply traditional philosophy. While Burgundy is globally renowned for its pristine, direct-pressed white Chardonnays, this cuvée subverts modern convention by reviving ancient skin-contact winemaking techniques. Crafted from Chardonnay grapes, the fruit undergoes a period of maceration with the skins, a method more commonly associated with red winemaking or 'orange' wines. This process extracts a gorgeous amber hue, rich phenolic structure, and an incredibly complex aromatic profile. True to the legacy of the late Henry-Frédéric Roch, the wine is fermented using native yeasts in wooden vats with zero added sulfur, allowing the natural terroir and grape character to express themselves without filter. The result is a profound, textural masterpiece that challenges the boundaries of Burgundian white wine, offering notes of dried apricot, orange peel, black tea, and exotic spices.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1988 by the late Henry-Frédéric Roch—grandson of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's Henry Leroy and long-time DRC co-director—Domaine Prieuré Roch stands as a vanguard of natural, terroir-driven viticulture in Burgundy. Headquartered in Prémeaux-Prissey, the domaine encompasses exceptional parcels across the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, rooted in classic jurassic limestone and clay-rich soils. Managed and vinified by co-director and cellar master Yannick Champ, the estate adheres rigorously to organic and biodynamic viticulture, entirely eschewing synthetic chemicals. Cellar methodology emphasizes uncompromised traditionalism, characterized by whole-cluster vinifications with native yeasts, manual punch-downs in open wooden vats, aging in seasoned French oak without sulfur additions until bottling, and no fining or filtration. Benchmark cuvées include the celebrated monopoles Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Clos des Corvées and Vosne-Romanée Clos Goillotte, alongside prized Grand Crus Chambertin-Clos de Bèze and Clos de Vougeot, delivering intensely aromatic, deeply textured, and profoundly expressive Pinot Noir.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay