Three events have taken this jewel of an estate back towards the very highest level in Burgundy. The first was the purchase of the majority share from the Prieur family by Jean-Pierre Labruyère in 1988. The second was the appointment in 1990 of the great Nadine Gublin to be in charge of all the winemaking, and the third was the succession of Jean-Pierre Labruyère’s son Edouard to manage the estates in 2008. It is this blend of youth, vision, experience and tradition that has engineered the extraordinary renaissance at Domaine Jacques Prieur and rendered profound a quality that had been somnolent for far too long.
"This is from the youngest of the Domaine Jacques Prieur vines, planted in 2003 – so already a respectable age, their youthful vigour restricted in any case by strict viticultural discipline. Bright gold, this combines apple pastries, warm and caramelised, with stone fruit and citrus elements. There is a fresh uplifting acidity, bright, a good foil to the opulent, layered fruit. Juicy, with lemon zest intensity, it will makes for smiles all round – terrific balance
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