This area is home to the famous Clos de Vougeot, a former monastic settlement which has 120 acres of enclosed vineyard of grand cru status. |
Cult Cabernets ruled, along with first growth Bordeaux and grand cru Burgundy. |
Georges Duboeuf, the best-known shipper in Beaujolais, would like to see the cru producers cut back to 40 hectoliters to a hectare. |
Moreover, though he was of the right third or fourth cru of mil-huit-cent-trente, there was something wanting in his execution. |
The grand cru is fought over every decade or so, with members being ousted and others elevated. |
I grow wine on 20 hectares around Dalmach, where I produce a Frankstein grand cru used to make Gewurztraminer and Riesling. |