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Domaine Bernard Moreau only began bottling premier cru ‘Champs Gain’ in the late 1990s, the domaine’s .12ha plot here producing too little juice to make standalone vinification obvious. Yet since its 1997 debut the wine has established too individual a selfhood for villages blending. It’s a lot of work, and difficult work, to produce a barrel and a half of anything; ‘Champs Gain’ simply refused to be called by a name other than its own.
‘Champs Gain’ as terrroir wants to give flesh and texture. Moreau’s reductive style naturally complements such sites. His ‘Champs Gain’ begins with vineyard-born exuberance yet, even more clearly, reveals to us a winemaker consciously fusing flesh to acidity and mineral intensity. Additive or complementary winemaking of this sort can lead to awkward results, yet here the parts coordinate beautifully.
Cheers,
Jason
