Description
The Wine
Vosne-Romanée is one of the great villages of the Côte de Nuits, home to some of Burgundy’s most famous Grand Crus, and this is Charlopin-Tissier’s wine from it. The grapes come from a 0.16-hectare parcel in Les Ormes, on clay-limestone soil. A parcel this size makes very little wine, and our allocation is small.
Yann Charlopin and Justine Tissier founded the domaine in 2013 and farm just over four hectares across Marsannay, Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée, and a parcel in Clos Vougeot. Yann trained with Jean-Marie Fourrier, and his father Philippe studied under Henri Jayer.
The farming is organic and the harvest is by hand. The grapes are fully destemmed and given a cool pre-fermentation maceration, then fermented spontaneously with native yeasts. The wine ages 18 months in Burgundy barrels, mostly 228-liter barriques from François Frères, with 50 to 75% new oak depending on the vintage.
It’s the domaine’s most prestigious village wine, in the smallest quantity. For the other village reds, see Marsannay and Aloxe-Corton.
Vineyard & vintage details
- Producer: Domaine Charlopin-Tissier
- Appellation: Vosne-Romanée AOC (village)
- Climat: Les Ormes, 0.16 hectare
- Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
- Soil: Clay-limestone
- Farming: Organic
- Harvest: Hand-harvested, fully destemmed
- Vinification: Cool pre-fermentation maceration, native yeasts
- Ageing: 18 months in Burgundy barrels, 50 to 75% new oak
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Vintage: 2023
2023 vintage note
2023 was a warm year across the Côte de Nuits with a large crop. Growers who thinned their vines made reds with supple tannins and freshness despite the heat. Picking began in early September, under a heatwave, and most fruit was in before the end of the month.
Yann Charlopin founded Domaine Charlopin-Tissier in 2013 — son of Philippe Charlopin, mentored by Jean-Marie Fourrier. Organic farming, fully destemmed, cold maceration, no filtration. The wines appear on the lists of The French Laundry, Quince, SingleThread, and Les 110 de Taillevent in Paris.
