Richebourg
Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
Richebourg is the northernmost of the six Grands Crus of the revered Pinot Noir-producing commune of Vosne-Romanée in the Côte de Nuits. The 8ha climat is the second-largest in Vosne, after Romanée-Saint-Vivant, and borders the Grands Crus of La Romanée and Romanée-Conti (with which it shares a similar terroir), with Romanée-Saint-Vivant immediately below.
Richebourg is in fact divided into two lieux-dits - Les Richebourgs and Les Véroilles – the latter, with shallower soil and a slightly more elevated position, produces slightly more mineral wines (NB: appellation regulations dictate that the names of these lieux-dits cannot appear on labels). The vineyard faces east and is characterised by pebbly clay and sand soils over limestone subsoil.
Richebourg produces some of the most haunting Pinot Noirs on the Côte d’Or – wines of a voluptuousness, density and longevity which is arguably only matched by the great La Tâche. Although Domaine de la Romanée-Conti owns by far the majority of Richebourg, the vineyard is split between nine other owners. These include Domaine Leroy, Domaine Méo-Camuzet, Domaine Jean Grivot and Domaine Hudelot-Noellat.
