Third generation vigneron Gilles Duroché, together with his son Pierre own and operate Domaine Duroché. Since taking over management of Gevrey-Chambertin vineyards and winery from his father Philippe in 1980, Gilles has continued his father’s program of site acquisition in the commune.
Today the Domaine works with more than 8 hectares of vines (owned and en fermage) across 8 appellations. Their holdings include sites in three Premier Cru and Three Grand Cru vineyards including the venerable Clos-de-Beze.
Gevrey Chambertin is one of the biggest villages of the Côte de Nuits, is also one of the largest wine producing villages due to its surface area in vineyards. The soils are chalky with a high proportion of clay marl giving powerful yet “round” wines. The vineyards are on the slopes producing the Village (AOC Commune) wines at between 240 and 280 metres altitude and the Premiers Crus and Grands Crus at 260 to 320 metres. The pinots from Gevrey Chambertin are highly coloured and with intense aromatic expression evocative of blackcurrant berries and other small red and black fruit. There are animal notes such as musk and fur, one can often pick out an aroma of liquorice in mature wine. They are powerful wines, associating abundant mellowness with tannin and a good level of acidity.
