Bonnes Mares Grand Cru Region: France - Burgundy
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Domaine Dujac BONNES MARES GRAND CRU REGION: FRANCE - BURGUNDY GRAPES / SOILS Pinot Noir Clay & limestone 0.59 ha THE WINE Vineyard Profile DOMAINE DUJAC • Total Size: 15.05 ha (37.2 acres) Not long after purchasing vineyards in the • Winery Holdings: 0.59 ha (1.46 acres) late 1960s and releasing his first wines in • This vineyard almost evenly straddles the 919 foot elevation demarcation the early 1970s Jacques Seysses became line and is located just south and adjacent to the Clos de Tart vineyard in the an international icon. Jacques respect for Morey-St-Denis appellation. Bonnes Mares is a climat. It is one of 5 Grand Cru the terroir of the Côte d’Or is still on vineyards in the appellation. display in his viticultural practices and • Only Pinot Noir is planted. innovative winemaking methods. Dujac • It is impossible to pin down the derivation of the climat Bonnes Mares. Is it wines are more than just varietally correct bonnemarre referring to the ancient French marre “vineyard worker’s tool, a – they are intimate travelogues of some of curved shovel”? Is it a bas-relief of the Mother goddesses that the Gauls used to the most celebrated sites on earth. Sons worship? Is it for the good Cistercian nuns? Or perhaps, could it come from a Jeremy and Alec along with Jeremy’s wife, formerly famous vineyard of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon named Bonne Mère? Diana, have been handed the reigns of You pick. this famous estate. GENERAL INFO Country France Region Burgundy Appellation(s) Morey-St-Denis, + others in Côte de Nuits Proprietors Jacques and Rozalind Seysses Founded 1967 Winemaker Jeremy Seysses Annual Production 2,000 9L cases Farming (Sustainable, organic, Sustainable, organic, biodynamic biodynamic).