Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled sea bass
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Prieure Roch's Blanc is a rare, highly sought-after expression of white Burgundy that defies conventional expectations. Sourced from organically farmed parcels, notably within the Ladoix appellation (such as the 'Le Cloud' vineyard), this Chardonnay is crafted using the estate's signature natural winemaking philosophy. The late Henry-Frederic Roch applied the same uncompromising methods to his whites as his legendary reds: whole-cluster pressing, fermentation with indigenous yeasts, and aging on its lees in oak barrels with absolutely no added sulfur. This minimal-intervention approach yields a wine of incredible texture, energy, and complexity, characterized by a slightly cloudy appearance, vibrant orchard fruit, wild herbal notes, and a distinct saline minerality that speaks directly to the limestone soils of the region.
🍾 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