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Bruno Clavelier
Vosne-Romanée · Burgundy · France
Domaine Bruno Clavelier occupies 6.5 hectares in the heart of Vosne-Romanée, with holdings that reach into Chambolle-Musigny, Nuits-Saint-Georges and a parcel of Corton. Bruno took over from his grandfather in the late 1980s and was the first in the family to estate-bottle; until then the fruit had gone to négociants. The vines are mostly Pinot Fin planted in the 1930s and 1940s by massal selection, yielding naturally low crops.
“Chemicals and potassium fertilizers were never used here;”
the domaine has been Ecocert-organic since 1999 and Demeter-certified biodynamic since 2005. Fermentations run with indigenous yeasts in open oak vats, up to about thirty percent whole cluster, followed by sixteen to eighteen months in barrel with restrained new oak. Signature lieux-dits include Vosne Aux Brûlées, Les Beaux Monts and the steep Hauts de Beaux Monts, worked by horse. The wines are luminous and discreet — Vosne silkiness with a quiet saline finish — built for patience rather than early spectacle.
