Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru - Domaine Pierre Damoy 2018

Run today by the fifth generation, this 11-hectare family estate owns almost half of the Chapelle-Chambertin and Clos-de-Bèze Grands Crus, but also a large single plot of one hectare in Chambertin. Nothing less. The property was founded by Pierre's great-great-grandfather, Julien, and has never been divided. Pierre Damoy took over from his uncle, Jacques, in 1992. The estate is also an important source of grapes for some Beaune merchants who have fixed areas set aside for them on long-term contracts. He also buys grapes, for certain appellations that are not classified as Grand Cru, such as Fixin Mogottes.

A man of character, secretive and discreet, passionate about rare plants and agriculture in all its forms, Pierre Damoy has a background in agricultural research. And despite the use of many organic treatments at the estate, he is not satisfied with what he considers to be an "excessive dependence" of organic viticulture on copper compounds, which always end up in the soil, although approved for "organic" treatments in the form of Bordeaux mixture. As a real man on the ground, with good peasant common sense, he claims respect for his land and a sustainable, perennial culture. Its soils are plowed and no herbicides or pesticides are used in the vines.