Domaine Robert Groffier Père et Fils

Domaine Robert Groffier Père et Fils has been a domaine in Morey-Saint-Denis since the 19th century, and its address is 3 Route des Grands Crus in the village. The domaine's vines, like its position, straddle the land between Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambolle-Musigny. In 2005 the next generation of the family took over, when Nicolas Groffier took on the running of the domaine.

• Based in Morey-Saint-Denis since the 19th century; 3 Route des Grands Crus, 21220 Morey-Saint-Denis
• Vines straddle the land between Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambolle-Musigny
• Nicolas Groffier, of the next generation of the family, took on the running of the domaine in 2005

As of May 2023, Nicolas Groffier ran the domaine with his sister, Julie. Nicolas had taken on the running of the domaine in 2005.

• Nicolas Groffier: took on the running of the domaine in 2005; running it with his sister as of May 2023
• Julie Groffier: Nicolas's sister, running the domaine with him as of May 2023

The domaine is the largest owner of Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses. As of the 2018 vintage its holding comprised five sloping parcels totalling 1.1 hectares, and as of the 2021 vintage its vines there ranged from 8 to 100 years old. The portion just under Musigny has a lot of sand, while the clay lies on the Clos de Vougeot side. In Bonnes-Mares the domaine holds one hectare in one solid piece near the Morey end of the village, next to its vines in Les Sentiers. The parcel stretches the entire slope: most of it is on iron-rich terres rouges, about 75 percent, and about 25 percent is terres blanches, white marl at the top of the slope. In Chambertin-Clos de Bèze the domaine holds 0.45 hectares of old vines running the length of the vineyard just south of the vines of Drouhin-Laroze; the vines were 100 years old as of the 2021 vintage. The domaine holds a hectare of the Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru Les Hauts Doix. Les Sentiers, a Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru, lies on the border with Morey, 200 metres from the domaine and under Bonnes-Mares, with just 40 centimetres of iron-rich clay over the limestone. The Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées comes from 80-year-old vines on sandy soil under Charmes-Chambertin, and the Bourgogne Rouge from 80-year-old vines on clay just under the Clos de Vougeot.

• Les Amoureuses: largest owner; five sloping parcels totalling 1.1 hectares (2018 vintage); vines from 8 to 100 years old (2021 vintage)
• Bonnes-Mares: one hectare in one solid piece near the Morey end; about 75 percent terres rouges and 25 percent terres blanches at the top of the slope
• Chambertin-Clos de Bèze: 0.45 hectares of old vines running the length of the vineyard, just south of Drouhin-Laroze
• Les Hauts Doix: one hectare; Les Sentiers: on the border with Morey, 40 centimetres of iron-rich clay over limestone
• Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées: 80-year-old vines on sandy soil under Charmes-Chambertin; Bourgogne Rouge: 80-year-old vines just under the Clos de Vougeot

The 2022 range comprised a Bourgogne Passetoutgrains, a Bourgogne Rouge, a Gevrey-Chambertin from Les Seuvrées, the Chambolle-Musigny Premier Crus Les Hauts Doix and Les Sentiers, Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru, two cuvées of Les Amoureuses and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. The Passetoutgrains is mostly Pinot Noir blended with a maximum of 25 percent Gamay depending on the vintage; the 2022 was 75 percent Pinot Noir from vines in Morey. From the 2022 vintage the domaine separates Les Amoureuses into two cuvées: La Délicatesse des Sables from the sandier portion just under Musigny, and La Grâce des Argiles from the clay on the Clos de Vougeot side. The two cuvées share the same harvest date and yield and come from exactly the same area under vine. With the 2023 vintage the domaine also bottled a separate Bonnes-Mares Terres Blanches cuvée from its white marl soils at the top of the slope.

• Bourgogne Passetoutgrains (mostly Pinot Noir, a maximum of 25 percent Gamay) and Bourgogne Rouge
• Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées
• Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru Les Hauts Doix and Les Sentiers
• Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru Les Amoureuses, from 2022 as La Grâce des Argiles and La Délicatesse des Sables
• Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru, with a separate Terres Blanches cuvée in 2023; Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru

In 2021 all the wines were made with whole clusters, and the new oak used was from Tronçais; the Bourgogne Rouge and the Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées saw no new oak, Les Hauts Doix up to 40 percent, Les Amoureuses 40 percent, and Bonnes-Mares 50 percent. In 2022 the Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées had about one-third whole clusters and Les Hauts Doix 50 percent, while Les Sentiers, Bonnes-Mares, La Grâce des Argiles and the Clos de Bèze were fermented entirely as whole clusters. The 2022 Les Hauts Doix was picked early, on 27 August, at 13 percent potential alcohol. Extraction was kept gentle in 2021 and 2022: the 2022 Bonnes-Mares was fermented with gentle extraction, and the 2022 La Grâce des Argiles with almost no punching down. The 2022 Les Hauts Doix, Les Sentiers and La Grâce des Argiles aged in cask with one-third new oak, the 2022 Bonnes-Mares in 50 percent new casks, and the 2022 Clos de Bèze in new casks.

• 2021: all wines made with whole clusters; new oak from Tronçais; none for the Bourgogne Rouge and Les Seuvrées, up to 40 percent for Les Hauts Doix, 40 percent for Les Amoureuses, 50 percent for Bonnes-Mares
• 2022 whole clusters: about one-third for Les Seuvrées, 50 percent for Les Hauts Doix, all of the fruit for Les Sentiers, Bonnes-Mares, La Grâce des Argiles and Clos de Bèze
• 2022 new oak: one-third for Les Hauts Doix, Les Sentiers and La Grâce des Argiles; 50 percent for Bonnes-Mares; new casks for Clos de Bèze
• Gentle extraction, with almost no punching down for the 2022 La Grâce des Argiles

Nicolas Groffier ties whole clusters to perfume and clay: on the 2022 vintage he chose to "infuse rather than extract", using whole clusters for even more freshness, adding that "the more clay we have" the more whole clusters he uses to keep the perfume. He calls Les Hauts Doix "very luminous but not very warm", and of the two 2022 Amoureuses cuvées he holds that "the clay is the baritone" and "the sandy part is the alto". Of the Clos de Bèze, he holds that "you get more Bèze than the vintage".

• Whole clusters for perfume and freshness, with more whole clusters the more clay a site has
• Infusion rather than extraction in 2022

Decanter's Charles Curtis MW named Domaine Groffier among the best producers of Chambolle-Musigny in his report on the 2022 vintage, and rated the 2022 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 98 points, La Délicatesse des Sables 97 and La Grâce des Argiles 96. For Decanter, Tim Atkin MW rated the 2018 Les Amoureuses 98 points, calling it a Grand Cru "in all but name".

• Named among the best producers of Chambolle-Musigny 2022 by Decanter's Charles Curtis MW
• 2022 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze: 98 points from Charles Curtis MW for Decanter
• 2018 Les Amoureuses: 98 points from Tim Atkin MW for Decanter

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