The Clos St. Marc is opposite the domaine on the lower part of the slope. The vines reside in fairly deep brown soil on a substrate of white and yellow marl, which form the bedrock. This layer retains water well, which has an important impact on the expression of terroir in the wine. The Clos St. Marc measure 0.93 ha, and is the smallest monopoly appellation in Nuits-Saint-Georges.
Vine age : 60 years on average.
Yield and production : 30-35 hl/ha for an average annual production of 4000 bottles
THE VINEYARD
Vineyard placement and geology : The Clos St. Marc is opposite the domaine on the lower part of the slope. The vines reside in fairly deep brown soil on a substrate of white and yellow marl, which form the bedrock. This layer retains water well, which has an important impact on the expression of terroir in the wine. The Clos St. Marc measure 0.93 ha, and is the smallest monopoly appellation in Nuits-Saint-Georges.
Vine age : 60 years on average.
Yield and production : 30-35 hl/ha for an average annual production of 4000 bottles
Vinification
Hand-harvested and scrupulously sorted, the wine is fermented in open stainless steel tanks for around three weeks, then matured in oak barrels, about 50% new, for 18 months.
Domaine Michèle & Patrice Rion is a wine producer and négociant based in the Côte de Nuits region of Burgundy. It specializes in the production of red wines made from Pinot Noir, but also makes a pair of white wines.
One of these is a negociant Bourgogne Chardonnay, while the other estate=grown wine is more unusual. The Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Terres Blanches is Chardonnay-predominant but around ten percent of the 1.3-hectare (3.2-acre) parcel is planted to Pinot Blanc.
Today, the estate farms a total of 6 hectares (15 acres) of vineyards located primarily in Nuits-Saint-Georges and Chambolle-Musigny. Domaine Michèle & Patrice Rion owns eight monopoles from which it produces the majority of its premier cru wines, the most significant being the Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos Saint-Marc monopole. The estate also purchases grapes from neighboring Burgundian winegrowers.
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