Domaine Anne Gros

Alphonse Gros settled in Vosne-Romanée in 1830. His son Louis-Gustave sold wine in bottle to private customers from the 1880s, and Louis-Gustave's son Jules developed bottle sales around 1895. Jules's son Louis Gros (d. 1951) left four children, whose inheritance began the gradual division of the original domaine; the four domaines of the sixth generation are Michel Gros, A.-F. Gros Parent, Gros Frère et Sœur and Anne Gros. François Gros, born in 1931, was the third son of Louis and Marie-Louise Gros. He worked with his brother Jean Gros until 1970, then took charge of his own 3 hectares of vines, built his own winery in 1971 and set up a small négociant business, selling under the François Gros and Gros père et fils labels. From 1978 the domaine sold practically its entire production in barrel to a Burgundian négociant, and for ten years its activity diminished. Anne Gros, François's only daughter, studied viticulture in Beaune and oenology in Dijon. In 1988 she created Domaine Anne et François Gros, with François caring for the vineyard parcels while Anne managed and worked the domaine. All of the domaine's wines have been bottled and sold at the domaine since the 1990 vintage. In 1995 the domaine was restructured under the name Domaine Anne Gros, and in 1998 Anne built a new winery in the heart of the village.

• Alphonse Gros settled in Vosne-Romanée in 1830
• François Gros took charge of his own 3 hectares after 1970 and built his winery in 1971
• Domaine Anne et François Gros created in 1988; renamed Domaine Anne Gros in 1995
• All wines bottled and sold at the domaine since the 1990 vintage

Anne Gros took over the domaine in 1988. Her daughter Julie joined the domaine in 2015, and her son Paul, after a spell at the family's Minervois estate, came back to Burgundy to help in 2018. In 2019 Anne passed the domaine to her three children, Julie, Paul and Marine, and she continues to train the two eldest. Her partner in the Minervois estate, Jean-Paul Tollot, comes from a Chorey-lès-Beaune family.

• Anne Gros: took over the domaine in 1988
• Julie joined in 2015; Paul returned from the Minervois estate to help in Burgundy in 2018
• Domaine passed to Julie, Paul and Marine in 2019; Anne continues to train the two eldest

The domaine grew to 6.5 hectares under Anne Gros. The Richebourg is an east-facing 0.60-hectare parcel in the lieu-dit Les Verroilles, bought in 1882 by Louis-Gustave Gros; part of the vines are more than 75 years old and the rest about 50. The Clos de Vougeot Le Grand Maupertui is a 0.93-hectare single-block parcel just below Grands Échezeaux, bequeathed by Louis Gros to François and planted in 1905; regular replanting puts the average vine age at 70 years. The Échezeaux is a 0.76-hectare parcel in Les Loachausses, planted by Domaine Gros Frère et Sœur in 1988; it came to François by inheritance, was leased to that domaine for 25 years and joined Domaine Anne Gros in 2007. Between 1910 and 1930 Jules Gros had assembled several parcels in Les Loachausses into a 3-hectare monopole. Below the Grand Crus, La Combe d'Orveau is a 1.10-hectare parcel within the village appellation of Chambolle-Musigny, at the southern limit of Chambolle and Vosne-Romanée, which Louis Gros bequeathed to François. The Vosne-Romanée Les Barreaux is a 0.39-hectare parcel acquired in 1988, at about 280 metres with a north-east orientation. The Bourgogne Rouge blends three parcels totalling 0.87 hectares (Les Champs d'Argent, Les Glapigny and Les Pasquiers) with an average vine age of 40 years, and the Bourgogne Blanc comes from 0.51 hectares: 0.17 hectares in Les Pasquiers planted in 1994 and 0.34 hectares in Les Glapigny planted in 2016. At Concœur, above the village of Vosne-Romanée, a 1.73-hectare single block planted in 1996, 1997 and 1998 at about 400 metres carries 1 hectare of Chardonnay on the upper slope and 0.73 hectares of Pinot Noir on the lower, flatter part.

• Richebourg: 0.60 ha in Les Verroilles, east-facing, bought in 1882
• Clos de Vougeot Le Grand Maupertui: 0.93 ha single block below Grands Échezeaux, planted 1905
• Échezeaux: 0.76 ha in Les Loachausses, joined the domaine in 2007 after a 25-year lease
• Chambolle-Musigny La Combe d'Orveau: 1.10 ha, village appellation
• Vosne-Romanée Les Barreaux: 0.39 ha at about 280 metres, acquired 1988
• Concœur (Hautes-Côtes de Nuits): 1.73 ha planted 1996 to 1998, 1 ha Chardonnay and 0.73 ha Pinot Noir

The domaine's range comprises Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Rouge and Blanc, Bourgogne Rouge and Blanc, Chambolle-Musigny (La Combe d'Orveau), Vosne-Romanée (Les Barreaux), Échezeaux, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru (Le Grand Maupertui) and Richebourg Grand Cru. The white Hautes-Côtes de Nuits is the Cuvée Marine, first harvested in 1999. The Bourgogne Blanc was first made in 1996 as an experimental white, the domaine's first encounter with Chardonnay. The domaine has also bottled a Grands Échezeaux Grand Cru, with a 2022 vintage. From its trading activity the 2018 vintage brought a Bourgogne Aligoté, a vegan-certified Bourgogne Blanc and a Crémant Brut, La Fun en Bulles.

• Nine wines on the estate list, from Hautes-Côtes de Nuits to Richebourg Grand Cru
• Cuvée Marine: the white Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, first harvested in 1999
• Grands Échezeaux Grand Cru bottled under the domaine name, with a 2022 vintage
• Trading wines from 2018: Bourgogne Aligoté, Bourgogne Blanc and the Crémant Brut La Fun en Bulles

Anne Gros has taken a keen interest in biodynamic and organic viticulture but refuses to categorise or label the domaine as such. Vineyard work rests on treatments applied as needed, ploughing and compost, which the domaine calls integrated viticulture, and as of 2018 the domaine used no herbicides. Grapes are sorted at harvest and sorted a second time at the winery. As of the 2018 vintage all grapes were destemmed. The reds are fermented in lined cement tanks and the whites in stainless steel tanks, with fermentation lasting 12 to 15 days. The wine pages give new oak for barrel ageing at 30% for the Richebourg, Échezeaux, Chambolle-Musigny and Bourgogne Rouge, 40% for the Clos Vougeot, 50% for the Vosne-Romanée and 20% for the red Hautes-Côtes de Nuits; the Bourgogne Blanc is aged for 12 months in 500-litre barrels. Older vintages saw up to 80% new oak; by 2018 Anne Gros had cut back, to retain as much fruit as possible.

• Integrated viticulture: treatments as needed, ploughing, compost; no herbicides as of 2018
• Reds fermented in lined cement tanks for 12 to 15 days; whites in stainless steel; all grapes destemmed as of 2018
• New oak by wine from 20% (red Hautes-Côtes de Nuits) to 50% (Vosne-Romanée Les Barreaux)

The domaine writes that its approach produces wines that are 'subtle, harmonious and elegant with good stuffing, viscosity and fruit.' Anne Gros sets out the aim in her own words: 'The goal of the game is to obtain ripe and healthy grapes. I then strive to bring everything together while respecting the integrity of our grapes.' Of its Richebourg, the domaine writes that it 'combines power with supreme elegance.'

• Self-described as 'subtle, harmonious and elegant with good stuffing, viscosity and fruit'
• Aim in Anne Gros's words: 'to obtain ripe and healthy grapes'

Anne Gros and Jean-Paul Tollot came across their Minervois property at Cazelles in 2006, at the end of a month-long vineyard-hunting tour across the south of France. In 2007 they acquired 8.5 hectares in the Minervois appellation and built a new winery; by 2019 the estate covered 16 hectares. Its wines, labelled Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot, include La CinsO, La Grenache 8, L'O de La Vie, Les Fontanilles, La Ciaude, Les Carrétals and Les Combettes. As of 2019, all grapes were destemmed, with no carbonic maceration, and the wines were vinified plot by plot.

• Cazelles property found in 2006; 8.5 ha acquired and a winery built in 2007
• 16 ha by 2019
• Range includes Les Fontanilles, La Ciaude, Les Carrétals and L'O de La Vie

Primary sources (producer's own site): https://www.anne-gros.com/en/history/genealogy/, https://www.anne-gros.com/lhistoire/genealogie/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/wines/oenology/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/wines/culture/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/wines/the-domains-terroirs/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/wines/wines-2/, the estate's wine pages (https://www.anne-gros.com/products-category/richebourg-grand-cru/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/products-category/richebourg-grand-cru-2/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/products-category/clos-vougeot-grand-cru-2/, https://www.anne-gros.com/products-category/echezeaux/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/products-category/echezeaux-2/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/products-category/chambolle-musigny-2/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/products-category/vosne-romanee-2/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/products-category/bourgogne-rouge-2/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/products-category/bourgogne-blanc-2/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/products-category/hautes-cotes-de-nuits-blanc-en/, https://www.anne-gros.com/products-category/hautes-cotes-de-nuits-blanc/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/products-category/hautes-cotes-de-nuits-rouge-2/), the vintage pages (https://www.anne-gros.com/en/wines/vintages/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/timeline-category/2007-2/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/timeline-category/2015-2/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/timeline-category/2018-2/, https://www.anne-gros.com/en/timeline-category/2019-2/), https://www.anne-gros.com/en/home-2/, and the Minervois estate's site linked from it (https://www.tollot-gros.com/, https://www.tollot-gros.com/les-vins/les-vins-2/). Secondary sources: Burgundy Report (https://www.burgundy-report.com/?p=37059, visit of 12 May 2015), Decanter (Stephen Brook, last updated 5 April 2018; David Longfield, last updated 12 August 2019; wine listing for the 2022 Grands-Échézeaux Grand Cru). Where the producer's site and a secondary source disagree, the producer's site governs. Last verified 2026-10-14