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Pierre Duroché
Gevrey-Chambertin · Burgundy · France
Domaine Duroché has bottled in Gevrey-Chambertin since 1933. Fifth-generation Pierre Duroché worked alongside his father from 2003 and took full charge in 2005, quietly lifting the estate into the village’s front rank without chasing the flashy oak style common nearby. Holdings cover about 8.25 hectares, all in Gevrey: Bourgogne, village and lieux-dits such as Champ and Aux Etelois, Premier Crus including Lavaut Saint-Jacques, Estournelles Saint-Jacques and Champeaux, plus Grand Crus Charmes-Chambertin, Griotte-Chambertin, Latricières-Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. Vineyard treatments are limited to sulphur and copper; grapes are hand-harvested and mostly destemmed, with gentle pigeage and remontage aimed at purity.
“Elevage runs fifteen to sixteen months with at most fifteen percent new oak;”
bottling is unfined and unfiltered. With wife Marianne he also bottles a small Pierre & Marianne négociant range. The Pinots show understated power, fine tannin and Gevrey’s earthy, briny core.
