Vin de Table Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Prieuré Roch's Vin de Table Blanc (often labeled simply as 'Blanc' or Vin de France) is a striking testament to the estate's radical, uncompromising commitment to natural winemaking. Crafted from Chardonnay grapes grown in the estate's meticulously tended vineyards, this wine deliberately bypasses the rigid constraints of local Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) regulations to embrace the creative freedom of the Vin de Table classification. True to the late Henry-Frédéric Roch's vision, the winemaking process is defined by absolute minimal intervention: whole-cluster pressing, spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in seasoned oak barrels, no fining, no filtration, and zero added sulfur. This produces a highly unconventional, deeply expressive white Burgundy that challenges traditional expectations. Often showing a signature cloudy golden hue, it is celebrated for its raw, living energy, offering complex aromas of bruised orchard fruits, wild honey, white flowers, and a distinct mineral-driven salinity that captivates natural wine enthusiasts globally.
🍾 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