Gamay
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 2 to 8 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Charcuterie and terrines, roasted duck, grilled pork chops
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Prieuré Roch's Gamay is a captivating anomaly in the Côte d'Or, where Pinot Noir reigns supreme. Historically, Gamay was famously banished from the region in 1395 by Duke Philip the Bold, who declared it a 'bad and disloyal plant.' However, Prieuré Roch embraces this historic grape, cultivating it with the same obsessive care and natural philosophy applied to their legendary Grand Crus. Sourced from organically farmed plots, the grapes undergo 100% whole-cluster fermentation using native yeasts, with no added sulfur during vinification. The wine is aged in seasoned oak barrels, resulting in a remarkably pure, vibrant, and wild expression of Gamay. It combines bright, brambly forest fruits with the signature 'Roch' exotic spice, stemmy complexity, and a deep, mineral-driven earthiness that redefines what this grape can achieve in Burgundian soils.
🍾 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
Gamay