Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux
Grand Cru, Premier Cru & Village, Vosne-Romanée
A Vosne-Romanée estate transformed, and one of the most sought-after names in Burgundy.
No deposit, no obligation. Lamont’s contacts you before the release.
The Allocation Program
Availability
Wines available
In stock at Lamont’s
Access
By allocation
For Lamont’s clients
Why we follow Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux
The estate
Founded in 1858 and known for most of its life as Domaine Robert Arnoux. Robert ran it until his death in 1995, when his son-in-law Pascal Lachaux took over and renamed it in 2007. Charles Lachaux, the sixth generation, joined in 2011 and took control of the winemaking in 2012. What has happened since has been one of the fastest ascents in modern Burgundy. He is candid about his ambition, which is to be spoken of alongside Domaine Leroy. His mother Florence handles the administration and the allocations.
The vineyards
Fourteen and a half hectares of old-vine Pinot Noir in the Côte de Nuits, averaging over fifty-five years. Romanée-St-Vivant runs to a third of a hectare of roughly ninety-year-old vines, fifty metres from Romanée-Conti. Échezeaux, Clos de Vougeot and half a hectare of Latricières-Chambertin follow. The premier crus are tiny. Aux Reignots is two tenths of a hectare, and in the frost-hit 2021 vintage it produced 347 bottles.
In the glass
Charles farms in a way that looks unlike his neighbours: no vine trimming, so the canopies soar; tall trellising; gobelet pruning; and high-density experiments running to 17,000 vines per hectare at Aux Reignots. In the cellar there is no pre-fermentation maceration, mostly seventy to one hundred per cent whole clusters, native yeasts, a short seven to ten day maceration and twice-daily punch-downs by foot. From the 2022 vintage the wines are aged around thirty-six months largely in sandstone amphorae, with only a small proportion of oak. Very few grand cru estates in Burgundy have moved away from barrels so decisively, and the wines are correspondingly pure and mineral.
With Lamont’s
Offered through Lamont’s Allocation Program, generally following the August release. Register your interest and we will contact you when the next allocation is confirmed.
The wines
Request individual wines, or register interest in the whole estate. We will contact you when an allocation is confirmed.
The whole Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux range
For collectors who would consider any available Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux allocation, across every tier.
Grand Cru
Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru
Échezeaux Grand Cru
Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru
Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Premier Cru
Les Suchots
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Aux Reignots
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Village & regional
Nuits-St-Georges and Chambolle-Musigny village
2000 Robert Arnoux Echezeaux Grand Cru
Release and availability
How it works
- 1Choose a producer.
- 2Register your interest.There is no purchase or commitment.
- 3Lamont’s contacts you before the release.
Next expected release: August. Timing is indicative and can move with the producer or the vintage. View the allocation calendar
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How allocations are offered
It records which producers and wines interest you, so we know who to contact when a release is confirmed.
Availability depends on what arrives and how many customers are waiting. In some years there is very little to go round.
Our team considers purchase history, genuine interest and intended enjoyment. We would rather a case went to someone who will open it and tell us what they thought than to whoever asked first.
Change your requests at any time from My allocation requests. Release timing moves with the producer and the vintage, so the months on the release calendar are a guide rather than a promise.
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