Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2022

Domaine Marc Roy was founded in Gevrey-Chambertin by Marc Roy's grandfather, who began with just a handful of small parcels in one of Burgundy's most celebrated villages. Marc began bottling the entire production himself in 1982, and in 2003 his daughter Alexandrine took over, the fourth generation of the family to farm these vineyards. At just four hectares, it is a tiny domaine, with all holdings at village rather than premier or grand cru level. But Alexandrine has been steadily and quietly raising the bar ever since she arrived, reducing yields, ploughing the soils rather than using herbicides, and working with minimal intervention in the cellar. The oldest vines are over a century old, and the wines they produce consistently outperform their classification, which is perhaps the finest compliment a Burgundian domaine can receive.