Winemaker Notes:
The Domaine Marc Roy Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes is made from 70+ year-old vines. It is elegant and structured displaying red fruit and floral notes. Alexandrine Roy’s light touch with vinification results in remarkably pure, supple, and gorgeously silky wines; she destems 100% and uses oak conservatively and cherishes purity and elegance above power.
Wine Spectator 91 Points
About Domaine Marc Roy:
All of the domaine’s holdings are classified at the Village level, as they own no 1er Cru or Grand Cru land. The wines consistently outperform their “humble” origins however, as noted by leading publications and critics who dole out praise and high scores year after year. Alexandrine produces four different bottlings of Gevrey-Chambertin, starting with the “Vieilles Vignes”, produced from her oldest parcels in the village, now 70+ years old. in 2011 she purchased a new parcel of Gevrey-Chambertin “La Justice”, and now makes a single-vineyard bottling from this site every year.“Clos Prieur” is a single-vineyard cuvée, from her parcel below the Grand Cru Mazis-Chambertin. The jewel in the crown is “Cuvée Alexandrine”, produced from only the tiny millerandage grapes, the little shot-berries that have a high skin-to-juice ratio and produce a superior level of depth and concentration. These grapes are harvested individually by hand, as Alex and her parents make a pass through each of their parcels, picking only these special grapes for this flagship cuvée. Additionally, they have a tiny parcel of Chardonnay in the neighboring village of Marsannay, where she makes tiny amounts of a rich and minerally Marsannay “Les Champs Perdrix” from a vineyard high on the rocky hillside above the village of Couchey.
