Domaine Anne Gros

The Gros family settled in Vosne-Romanée in 1830 with Alphonse Gros and became one of the village's most prominent winemaking dynasties. Over the following century the name spread across several distinct estates through inheritance and marriage, so that today Domaine Anne Gros, Domaine A.-F. Gros, Domaine Gros Frère et Soeur, Domaine Michel Gros, and Domaine Jean Gros all share the lineage while operating independently. Anne's father, François Gros (born 1931), set up on his own with about 3 hectares around 1970 and built his own winery the following year. Anne took over that estate in 1988; for several years it was labeled Anne et François Gros, and after François's retirement in the mid-1990s it became simply Domaine Anne Gros. Under Anne the estate grew from those 3 hectares to roughly 6.5 hectares across nine appellations, the most significant single step being the return of the Échezeaux Les Loächausses parcel in 2007 after a 25-year lease to Gros Frère et Soeur.

• Gros family in Vosne-Romanée since 1830 (Alphonse Gros); the name now spans several distinct estates including Anne Gros, A.-F. Gros, Gros Frère et Soeur, Michel Gros, and Jean Gros
• François Gros (born 1931) established his own 3-hectare estate around 1970; Anne took it over in 1988
• Co-labeled Anne et François Gros after 1988; became Domaine Anne Gros after François's mid-1990s retirement
• Estate grew from 3 ha at takeover to roughly 6.5 ha; Échezeaux Les Loächausses returned in 2007 after a 25-year lease to Gros Frère et Soeur

Anne Gros is married to Jean-Paul Tollot of the Tollot-Beaut family of Chorey-lès-Beaune, and their three children form the seventh generation that began taking on responsibility from 2019. Julie works alongside her mother in the cellar and vineyards, and the entry-level Cuvée Julie white is named for her. Paul is the estate winemaker and has also launched his own label, Paul Tollot-Gros, from the 2022 vintage, exploring a portion of whole-cluster fermentation that differs from the fully destemmed discipline of the family estate. Marine is named among the heirs who received the estate in 2019. Anne continues to direct overall strategy while progressively handing day-to-day work to the next generation, a measured transition rather than a single break.

• Anne Gros is married to Jean-Paul Tollot (Tollot-Beaut family of Chorey-lès-Beaune)
• Seventh-generation transition from 2019: Julie (cellar and vineyards; Cuvée Julie namesake), Paul (estate winemaker), and Marine
• Paul launched his own Paul Tollot-Gros label from the 2022 vintage, using a share of whole-cluster fermentation
• Anne continues to set overall strategy while progressively handing over day-to-day responsibility

The roughly 6.5 hectares are spread across nine appellations, anchored by the Grand Cru holdings. The Richebourg parcel (0.60 ha) lies on the eastern Verroilles side of the Grand Cru and has been in the family since 1882. The Clos de Vougeot Le Grand Maupertui (0.94 ha, planted 1904) sits in the upper-slope section of the 50-hectare Grand Cru that is generally regarded as the best-drained, highest-quality part of the clos. Échezeaux Les Loächausses (0.76 ha) returned to the estate in 2007, and a Grands Échezeaux parcel was added in the 2022 family reshuffle. Below the Grand Crus, the estate makes a Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru La Combe d'Orveau (about 1.1 hectares), a Vosne-Romanée village wine from the Les Barreaux parcel, and a white Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits from 1.73 hectares at Concœur, the source of the Cuvée Julie.

• Grand Crus: Richebourg 0.60 ha (Verroilles side, family since 1882), Clos de Vougeot Le Grand Maupertui 0.94 ha (upper slope), Échezeaux Les Loächausses 0.76 ha, plus Grands Échezeaux (added 2022)
• Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru La Combe d'Orveau (about 1.1 ha) is the estate's principal Premier Cru
• Vosne-Romanée village from the Les Barreaux parcel; Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits from 1.73 ha at Concœur
• The white Hautes-Côtes de Nuits at Concœur is the source of the entry-level Cuvée Julie

The Anne Gros cellar is distinctive among apex-tier Vosne-Romanée estates for its reliance on concrete rather than wood for red fermentation. The Pinot Noir is fully destemmed and fermented in concrete tanks, an approach that the estate uses to preserve freshness and aromatic clarity, while the whites are handled in stainless steel and barrel. New oak is used in moderation rather than to a fixed high ceiling: the estate has raised recent Échezeaux, for example, in about one-third new oak. The style that results is clean, perfumed, and transparent, prioritising site character over extraction or oak signature, and it has changed little in its essentials since Anne's early years even as the seventh generation begins to leave its own mark at the margins.

• Pinot Noir fully destemmed and fermented in concrete tanks, an unusual choice among apex Vosne-Romanée estates
• Whites raised in stainless steel and barrel
• New oak used in moderation; recent Échezeaux raised in roughly one-third new oak per the estate
• Clean, perfumed, transparent style that favours site character over extraction

In 2006 Anne Gros and her husband Jean-Paul Tollot founded a second estate, Domaine Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot, at Cazelles in the Minervois of the Languedoc, with the first vintage following in 2008. The southern project produces Carignan- and Grenache-based reds and extends the family's reach well beyond Burgundy without diluting the Vosne-Romanée identity. Within the Côte de Nuits, Anne Gros sits in the apex cohort of Vosne-Romanée grower-domaines alongside Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Domaine Leroy, Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Domaine Sylvain Cathiard, Domaine Méo-Camuzet, Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg, and Domaine Lamarche, as well as the other Gros family estates. The combination of a deep historic vineyard base, a clean contemporary cellar style, and a tiered range from Hautes-Côtes to four Grand Crus gives drinkers entry to the Gros style at many price points.

• Domaine Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot founded at Cazelles in the Minervois in 2006; first vintage 2008
• The Languedoc estate makes Carignan- and Grenache-based reds, extending the family beyond Burgundy
• Vosne-Romanée apex cohort includes DRC, Leroy, Comte Liger-Belair, Cathiard, Méo-Camuzet, Mugneret-Gibourg, and Lamarche
• Tiered range from Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits to four Grand Crus gives entry to the Gros style at many prices