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Winemaker Philippe Ch\u00e9ron and his son, Paul, are a dream team from Gevrey-Chambertin and represent the third and fourth generations of talent in their family.<\/p>\n

The name Domaine du Couvent is essentially new in the grand tapestry that is Burgundy. This winery was born as of the 2020 vintage, and we are thrilled to be the first importer of Domaine du Couvent in the country. Totaling some 25 acres in the C\u00f4te de Nuits, the estate owns a grand diversity of terroirs, including parcels in Gevrey, Chambolle and Vougeot, as well as Vosne and Nuits \u2014 of which three vineyards are estate monopoles, extraordinary plots that Philippe and Paul tend exclusively.<\/p>\n

Philippe\u2019s family for generations has owned land in Burgundy; Philippe himself was winemaker at Domaine Misset-Ch\u00e9ron for more than a decade before the opportunity to combine this estate, and holdings from the former Domaine des Varoilles in Gevrey (also partially family owned), arose. The \u201ccouvent\u201d is a former convent in Gevrey, and within its walls you\u2019ll find one of the estate\u2019s monopole vineyards, the \u2018Clos du Couvent\u2019 \u2013 now the namesake of this new domaine.<\/p>\n

Philippe and Paul care for their vines according to organic principles (the estate is not certified), and in the cellar, winemaking is as natural and traditional as can be. Wines are aged slowly in the estate\u2019s very cold cellars in Nuits-Saint-Georges, and very little sulfites are added (generally only at bottling).<\/p>\n

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FARMING & WINEMAKING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grapes are harvested by hand in small cases, and sorted in both the fields and the cellar. Grapes are destemmed but not crushed; after a brief cold soak, fermentation on indigenous yeasts takes place in either cement or stainless steel tank, both temperature-controlled. Wines are aged on fine lees for around 15 months, without racking or added sulfites. Around 20% new oak barrels are used each vintage. Wines are bottled unfined, but are lightly filtered.<\/p>\n

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WHITE WINES<\/p>\n

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A natural extension of Marsannay’s grand terroir, ‘Clos du Roy,’ ‘Les Longeroies’ represents the estate’s unique white wine, a soulful Chardonnay with high-altitude freshness and stone fruit concentration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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