Domaine Soyer is just starting ... or might I say restarting the estate with a new generation. Julie Soyer is the daughter of Laurent Soyer, who until 2023 was producing the wines at Domaine Soyer ... but now has left the wine production to his daughter Julie. The vineyards are the same, but the …
Nuits Saint Georges Chateau Gris
Vins d’Emotion from Nuits-Saint-Georges – (update July 2026)
I have decided to update the producer lists to make it easier to find producers with a true vin d`émotion potential. Some producers make a few emotional wines, and the rest are more tedious, and I have tried to include this in lists - hence some producers can occur in two categories .. tedious …
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Domaine Soyer – out in the open
There are many domains in Burgundy ... some unknown to the international market, and some completely unknown, mainly selling grapes to the big negociants. When a new generation takes over on these domains it's quite often that this will lead to a new direction with the production and sale of …
From Chaux to Nuits-Saint-Georges – the vines seen from above
Sunday April 25 Mr. Brompton took me high up in the hills to Chaux, a small, rather unknown village in the Hautes Côtes. It was a test drive and a Sunday excursion aimed at seeing Nuits-Saint-Georges from the south and above. So first, the quick trip to Chaux - 4 km from Nuits and 140 metres up …
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Domaine du Chateau Gris, NSG “Chateau Gris” 2012
The Nuits-Saint-Georges premier cru "Chateau Gris" has a interesting minerality. It's made from a monopole vineyard located just south of the village - at the top of the slope. The Chateau Gris monopole is a part of the climate Les Crots - and the Chateau Gris estate itself is located in this …
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