Clos des Lambrays
Styles
Principal grape varieties
Accessory grape varieties
Terroir
Natural factors
- The relief of the Côte de Nuits, tectonic in origin, stretches for approximately 25 kilometres in a general north–south direction, separating the Hautes Côtes from the Bresse plain.
- The delimited parcels for harvest are situated in the lower half of the slope, at an altitude of between 260 and 350 metres, whereas Wikipedia places the climat itself at an altitude of 250 metres.
- The lower part of the slope rests on hard limestones known as "calcaires à entroques" dating from the Bajocian, overlain by a marl horizon identifiable by a slight concavity in the landscape.
- The highest-lying vine parcels of Clos des Lambrays reach a layer of hard but frost-susceptible limestone dating from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic).
- The cool oceanic climate, disturbed by continental or southerly influences channelled along the Rhône–Saône axis, has a rainfall of approximately 750 millimetres per year and a mean annual temperature of 10.5°C.
Human factors
- Clos des Lambrays appears in the archives as early as the fourteenth century, partly owned by the abbey of Cîteaux, before being broken up into small parcels at the Revolution.
- The vines are trained at planting densities of more than 9,000 vines per hectare, with the encépagement based on the Pinot noir variety.
- In the steepest part of the clos, the parcels are planted perpendicular to the direction of the slope, which constitutes a distinctive feature of the site.
Product characteristics
- The wines generally show aromas of small black fruits combined with a framework of oriental spices, forming the characteristic aromatic profile of the appellation.
- Complexity, delicacy, and length on the palate constitute the sensory signature of wines bearing the "grand cru" designation.
Terroir / wine link
- Planting along the contour lines in a north–south direction in the steepest section limits erosion and protects the grapes from excessively intense solar radiation.
- This contour planting also promotes rapid draining of the soils by facilitating the circulation of dry winds from the north.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
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On the map, at overview zooms, this appellation is drawn as a silhouette of its vineyard generalised at 73 m from the INAO parcel delimitation; the parcels themselves appear as you zoom in.
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