Thursday 9 August 2012

Our journey continued on the second day with som "old school" sightseeing. When in Burgundy, there is just so much to see. First of -Chambertin "Clos de Beze" world's oldest "clos" from 628 a.d. Beautiful landscape and a beautiful day. After some pictures and observing how they work with there machines we continued on to...


...Clos de Vougeot and the "Château du Clos de Vougeot".
Clos de Vougeot was originally run by the monks of Cîteaux, planting and building up the vineyard 12th and early14th century. In 1336 the 50ha plot and stone wall was complete. The current building was complete in 1551 and became Ch. du Clos de Vougeot. The Cistercians ran Clos de Vougeot until the french revolution in 1789. Since then it has been in private hands and sold a couple of times. And beacause of the inheritance law, it now have over 80 different owners.
The sightseeing of Côtes de Nuits ended with a visit at the Romanée Conti, the monopolé of Domaine Romanée Conti (DRC) We had the pleasure of seeing the horse working in the field.

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