Bruno Clair

Bruno Clair is the grandson of Joseph Clair, founder of the renowned Domaine Clair-Daü established in 1919 in Marsannay, Burgundy. The same estate, in 1985, was divided among Bruno Clair, Martin Bart, and Fougeray de Beauclair following Josheph’s death. After a year Bruno took over the management of his family’s vineyards. Their heritage consists of great jewels of Gevrey-Chambertin appellation, notably the Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru, the Premier Crus Cazetiers and Clos Saint-Jacques. He also acquired magnificent parcels of Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru. Today, domaine Bruno Clair represents more than 25 hectares across 32 Burgundy appellations. His vineyards in Côte de Nuits are mainly planted with Pinot Noir, with some smaller quantities of the white grapes Chardonnay & Aligoté.

“Pinot Noir thrives on a poor subsoil composed of clays and marls with a great diversity of rocks.”

Harvesting is done manually through a precise selective sorting, to achieve the quality of the flavour of the produced wines. The use of phytosanitary products is minimal. The wines are powerful but not over-extracted. The ageing process is usually done in wooden foudres with a small quantity of new oak.