Domaine Nicole Lamarche
Grand Cru & Premier Cru, Vosne-Romanée
One of the most striking quality stories in Burgundy of the past decade.
No deposit, no obligation. Lamont’s contacts you before the release.
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Why we follow Domaine Nicole Lamarche
The estate
A Vosne-Romanée family with roots back to 1797, and one of the more striking quality stories in Burgundy over the last decade. François Lamarche ran the estate from 1985 until his death in 2013. His daughter Nicole took over the vines and the winemaking, with her cousin Nathalie handling the commercial side, and in 2018 she put her own name on the labels. Critics who had long regarded the domaine as underperforming its extraordinary vineyard holdings now talk about it in quite different terms.
The vineyards
Just over eleven hectares. The jewel is La Grande Rue, a grand cru monopole of 1.65 hectares that runs as a narrow ribbon some three hundred metres up the slope with La Tâche on one side and La Romanée, Romanée-Conti and Romanée-St-Vivant on the other. There is no better-placed piece of land in Burgundy. Clos de Vougeot, Échezeaux and Grands-Échezeaux complete the grand crus, with premier and village Vosne beneath them. Organic conversion began in 2010.
In the glass
Around thirty per cent whole clusters, which adds floral lift and refines the tannins, though La Grande Rue is fully destemmed in some years. Fermentation runs fifteen to eighteen days in open wooden vats, then sixteen to twenty months in oak, roughly half of it new, and the wines are bottled without fining or filtration. Yields on La Grande Rue are held very low. La Grande Rue is noble and chiselled and asks for about a decade. Wild strawberry, kirsch and a stony, insistent minerality. A point worth knowing: La Grande Rue was only promoted from premier cru to grand cru in 1992, and relative to the wines it borders it remains conspicuously underpriced.
With Lamont’s
Offered through Lamont’s Allocation Program, generally following the July 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 Nicole Lamarche range
For collectors who would consider any available Domaine Nicole Lamarche allocation, across every tier.
Grand Cru
La Grande Rue Grand Cru (monopole)
Grands-Échezeaux Grand Cru
Échezeaux Grand Cru
Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Premier Cru
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Village & regional
Vosne-Romanée village
2023 Nicole Lamarche La Grande Rue Grand Cru Monopole
2023 Nicole Lamarche Echezeaux Grand Cru
2022 Nicole Lamarche Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Release and availability
How it works
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- 2Register your interest.There is no purchase or commitment.
- 3Lamont’s contacts you before the release.
Next expected release: July. Timing is indicative and can move with the producer or the vintage. View the allocation calendar
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How allocations are offered
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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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