Lecheneaut
Domaine Lecheneaut Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2012
RegionBurgundy
AppellationClos de la Roche Grand Cru
CountryFrance
VarietalPinot Noir
Colourred
Bottle750ml
Drink window2025‑2040
A wine of true pedigree from Morey‑Saint‑Denis the 2012 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru from Domaine Lécheneaut offers a lithe yet powerful expression of Côte de Nuits Pinot Noir. It is sleek and vinous with core of dark berry fruit threaded with fine spicy tension and chalk‑tinged structure.
Tasting
- Aroma
- spiced black fruit
- Palate
- athletic tannins with chalky structure
- Finish
- long focused finish
Pairs with
- roast pheasant with morels
- duck breast in cherry jus
- mushroom ragout
Vineyard & Cellar
- Soil
- The Clos de la Roche is highly chalky: barely 30 cm of topsoil, a few pebbles and some large blocks of stone from which derives its name. The vineyards, located in “Monts Luisants”, are planted directly in the marls of ostrea with a limestone outcrop from Premeaux in the upper layers that nourish the limestone and marly soil. Limestone fossils can more often be found on the lower part of Clos de la Roche
From the Archive
Wine Characteristics :The Clos de la Roche often gives athletic, spirited, and very vinous wines, carrying aromas of spices (pepper, cinnamon, and cloves) and black fruits. This is a wine to keep, always composed of a fair acidity and rich tannins that do not prevent a certain finesse. The length on the palate and its impressive retro-olfaction makes it one of the jewels of the Côte de Nuits.