Terroir Insight: Domaine Anne Gros Richebourg

Anne Gros is making some delightful wines, and the top of the range is the mighty Richebourg produced from a plot in the northern section  of the vineyard – in the bottom part of the Gros family holdings – see map below where the Anne Gros holdings on Richebourg is marked with a red line.

It’s one of the best wines made from Richebourg and a very popular wine among the Burgundy collectors. So lets take a closer look at the maps and the history of the plots

Domaine Anne Gros Richebourg – the plots

Anne Gros have four plots on Richebourg – two on Les Richebourg and two on Les Verroilles ou Richeburg – in total 0.6002 ha – see map below.

1. Domaine Anne Gros
2. Domaine A.-F. Gros
3. Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur
4. Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
5. Domaine Leroy
6. Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
7. Domaine Leroy
8. Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret
9. Domaine Meo-Camuzet
10. Domaine Jean Grivot

Normally the Anne Gros Richebourg is considered as coming exclusively from Les Verroilles ou Richeburg – this however not the full story. The thin white line on the map above shows the border between the “Les Richebourg” and “Les Verroilles ou Richebourg” part of the Gros holdings – and a part of the Anne Gros holdings is actually in Les Richebourg. The main part (0.5450 ha) of her holdings is located in Les Verroilles ou Richeburg – but she also own 0.0552 ha in Les Richebourg.

The plot is located below the A.-F.  Gros section and above the DRC plot in Les Verroilles ou Richebourg – and just north of one of the Leroy plots.

The early history of the Gros plots on Richebourg

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Les Verroilles was mentioned as Clos des Varoilles in 1774 by Abbé Claude Courtépée⁵. Courtépée mention that 4 journaux (1,4 hectare) of Clos des Varoilles were owned by M. Jaquinot de Chazan. Clos des Varoilles was also mentioned by Maupin ⁶ in 1784, with the owner M. de Chasan – see picture below.