Maison Champy
Champy lays claim to being the oldest négociant house in Burgundy, having been founded by Maitre Tonnelier Edmé Champy in 1720. The business finally foundered in the late 20th century, Jadot buying the vineyards in 1989 while Henri and Pierre Meurgey took over the business and the buildings the following year.
Over the past 20 years some vineyard holdings have been purchased or rented; the total is currently 17 hectares and all are in the process of biodynamic certification. The wines are made on the road out to Pommard before returning to central Beaune for maturation. Winemaking has been in the capable hands of Dmitri Bazas since 1999.
The whites are whole-bunch pressed and the lees are stirred once a week (in leaner vintages like 2004 and 2007, or once a fortnight in richer years such as 2005 and 2006). Wood from the Allier and Vosges forests are preferred for white wines. Red-wine fermentation begins with a cool pre-maceration and finishes with a few days at 32ºC/ºF before the wines go to barrel, with Allier and Tronçais for reds.
Red Wine vineyards
Corton Grand Cru 0.20ha
Beaune 1er Cru Les Reversées 0.20ha
Beaune 1er Cru Champs Pimonts 0.60ha
Beaune 1er Cru Aux Cras 0.40ha
Beaune 1er Cru Les Theurons 0.30ha
Beaune 1er Cru Les Tuvilains 0.90ha
Pernand-Vergelesses Clos de Bully 0.90ha
Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Les Fichots 0.50ha
Pommard 1er Cru Les Grands Epenots 0.20ha
Volnay 1er Cru Les Taillepieds 0.50ha
White Wine vineyards
Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru 0.30ha
Beaune 1er Cru Les Reversées 0.20ha
The rest of the domaine holdings are made up of village wines from Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Auxey-Duresses, Pernand-Vergelesses, St-Romain, Volnay and Pommard and generics, including Chardonnay and Pinot Noir ‘Signature’ wines – from prime Bourgogne sources, the whites vinified, and both colours matured, in a hefty percentage of new oak.
Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds
This is one of several holdings now with Champy that were formerly managed by the defunct Domaine Carré-Courbin. The vines are now over 50 years old so consistently produce low yields. Fine, classy Volnay with notable persistence.
Pernand-Vergelesses Clos de Bully
The monks of Maizières first planted this vineyard in 1158. It makes a fattish, attractive Pernand-Vergelesses, for early to medium term drinking.
Over the past 20 years some vineyard holdings have been purchased or rented; the total is currently 17 hectares and all are in the process of biodynamic certification. The wines are made on the road out to Pommard before returning to central Beaune for maturation. Winemaking has been in the capable hands of Dmitri Bazas since 1999.
The whites are whole-bunch pressed and the lees are stirred once a week (in leaner vintages like 2004 and 2007, or once a fortnight in richer years such as 2005 and 2006). Wood from the Allier and Vosges forests are preferred for white wines. Red-wine fermentation begins with a cool pre-maceration and finishes with a few days at 32ºC/ºF before the wines go to barrel, with Allier and Tronçais for reds.
Red Wine vineyards
Corton Grand Cru 0.20ha
Beaune 1er Cru Les Reversées 0.20ha
Beaune 1er Cru Champs Pimonts 0.60ha
Beaune 1er Cru Aux Cras 0.40ha
Beaune 1er Cru Les Theurons 0.30ha
Beaune 1er Cru Les Tuvilains 0.90ha
Pernand-Vergelesses Clos de Bully 0.90ha
Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Les Fichots 0.50ha
Pommard 1er Cru Les Grands Epenots 0.20ha
Volnay 1er Cru Les Taillepieds 0.50ha
White Wine vineyards
Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru 0.30ha
Beaune 1er Cru Les Reversées 0.20ha
The rest of the domaine holdings are made up of village wines from Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Auxey-Duresses, Pernand-Vergelesses, St-Romain, Volnay and Pommard and generics, including Chardonnay and Pinot Noir ‘Signature’ wines – from prime Bourgogne sources, the whites vinified, and both colours matured, in a hefty percentage of new oak.
Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds
This is one of several holdings now with Champy that were formerly managed by the defunct Domaine Carré-Courbin. The vines are now over 50 years old so consistently produce low yields. Fine, classy Volnay with notable persistence.
Pernand-Vergelesses Clos de Bully
The monks of Maizières first planted this vineyard in 1158. It makes a fattish, attractive Pernand-Vergelesses, for early to medium term drinking.
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