In 2019 you can also (re-)order the great Pinot Noir wines from Philippe Leclerc in Gevrey Chambertin via the Club.

From his youngest age Philippe Leclec went in the vineyards to prune, trellis, harvest with his father and grandfather. His domain planted with 10,000 stocks per hectare spreads over 7.5 ha, 100% in the Côte de Nuits area, distributed for two thirds at Gevrey-Chamber­tin and the rest at Chambolle-Musigny.

He works his estate in integrated farming, with an organic spirit, with a mastered yield of 35 to 40 hl per hectare. The average age of his vines is fifty years, but some stocks are eighty years old. “I have never extracted vine stocks. I like the old plants as they give round and very concentrated berries.

Very respectful of the ancestral know-how, Philippe knew how to develop his vinification methods to offer to the clientele a ready-to-drink Burgundy, immediately pleasurable, that can also be laid down ten years in the cellar. He explains: “I want the most natural possible wines which suits today’s taste.”

He is a very precise winemaker, he keeps the harvested grapes cool during one week, practises a soft pressing and fermentation, and mixes the berries and the bunches during fermentation. He then leaves the wine to mature 24 months in barrels. In July he locks up “this pleasure-wine in the bottle without clarification, nor filtration, to give it some structure, texture, chewiness” and recommends to taste it after minimum one year.

Please select wines from the Philippe Leclerc website and let us know which you want to buy and ship. We will then give you a quote.