Chambertin-Close-of-Bèze

The Chambertin-Close-with-Bèze is a name great wine AOC of the Clos of Bèze in the vineyard of Gevrey-Chambertin. This name is one of the elites of the wines of Burgundy

History

The Clos of Bèze is one of oldest the wine Clos of the French vineyard.

In 628 the king de Bourgogne mérovingien Dagobert Ier request to three of its vassal lords of which the duke Amalgaire to kill Burnulfe, the uncle of his brother for assoire his authority and its capacity. He royally rewards the three lords in their offering vast domains.

The duke Amalgaire receives the ground of Fons Besua (area of Bèze in Burgundy) and decides to make there build the Abbaye Bèze which it equips with a land and wine field considerable in all the Côte of Gold with at his head one as of his three sons, the Abbé Waldalène, to repurchase its faults with God.

The monks of the Abbaye of Bèze create the Clos Bèze with the VIIe century on their important field of Gevrey-Chambertin to the current site, then exploit it until the French revolution or it is confiscated and declared quite national then parcelled out and resold with many private owners. The wines of closed of Bèze then are already regarded as the best of all the Burgundy.

In 1937 name AOC great wines Chambertin Clos of Bèze east creates and can also profit in a nonreciprocal way of name great wines AOC Chambertin.

Geographical location

The Clos of Bèze is located at the southern exit of Gevrey-Chambertin on the Route of the Great wines in direction of Morey-Saint-Denis, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Beaune on the moderately tilted part of the slope with ground Calcaire full talk is… It has for prestigious neighbor the Mazis-Chambertin in north and the Chambertin S in the south.

Names great wine AOC of prestige

Chambertin-Close-of-Bèze is one of the 8 great wines AOC of the Vignoble of Chambertin and one of the 32 great wines AOC of the Vignoble of Burgundy:

  • Chambertin, Chambertin-Close-with-Bèze, Vault-Chambertin, Charms-Chambertin, Mazis-Chambertin, Morello cherries-Chambertin, Latricières-Chambertin, Mazoyères-Chambertin, Ruchottes-Chambertin

AOC great wines Chambertin Clos of Bèze was creates in 1937 and can also profit in a nonreciprocal way of name great wines AOC Chambertin.

Surface of production

The field of Bèze extends on a surface from approximately 15 Are S (1500 m ²).

The outputs are limited to 30 has 40 Hecto Liter S by Hectare to privilege quality with a production of 48.600 liters per annum.

Type of vine and wine making

The field is planted exclusively in Cépage black Pinot

The totality of the wine production of Chambertin-Close-of-Bèze is vinified only in red Wine great wines AOC.

Gastronomy

The Chambertin-Close-with-Bèze are wines very coloured, powerful, with the intense flavors and savors evoking amongst other things the blackcurrant, Cerise, Musc, Réglisse…

Whereas the Chambertin is characterized by its robustness, Close-of-Bèze shows itself more delicate, more complex, more particular. It associates at the same time smoothness and power, firmness and grace, generosity and lightness…

The power of the red wines of Gevrey-Chambertin joins a vigorous and elaborate kitchen:

Shelf life

The Chambertin-Close-with-Bèze is a wines of long guard (15 years and more for the exceptions and according to the Millésime)

Temperature of service

  • young Wine: between 13 and 14°,
  • older Wine: between 17 and 18°.

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