Cuvee 1
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–12 years from release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, seared squab
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Prieure Roch's Cuvee 1 is a captivating and highly sought-after expression that showcases the estate's avant-garde approach to Burgundian winemaking. This unique bottling is typically crafted as a multi-vintage or multi-parcel blend of the domaine's Premier Cru vineyards, often drawing from their exceptional holdings in Nuits-Saint-Georges, including the famed monopole Clos des Corvees. Born from a philosophy of absolute minimal intervention, the wine is produced using 100% whole-cluster fermentation with native yeasts and is bottled without filtration or added sulfur. This traditional, hands-off methodology yields a deeply aromatic and wild Pinot Noir, celebrated for its complex layers of dark berries, exotic spices, damp earth, and the signature floral lift derived from stem inclusion.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1988 by the visionary late Henry-Frédéric Roch, co-director of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Domaine Prieuré Roch is a revered estate based in Prémeaux-Prisey within Burgundy's Côte de Nuits. A dedicated pioneer of natural, organic, and biodynamic viticulture, the domaine champions a pure, low-intervention philosophy defined by whole-cluster fermentation, indigenous yeasts, and no added sulfur. Its celebrated holdings span prized terroirs across the region, anchored by the iconic monopole Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Clos des Corvées alongside rare Grand Cru parcels in Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. Prieuré Roch wines are internationally celebrated for their ethereal complexity, energetic aromatics, and uncompromisingly authentic expression of Burgundian Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir