Prieuré Roch's Vosne-Romanée Les Hautes Maizières 2020 comes from a plot just below Les Suchots. The early, dry 2020 harvest gave it deep colour and a cool, fresh line of acidity.
About This Wine
The plot is a 0.62-hectare block in the heart of Les Hautes Maizières, a village-level lieu-dit halfway up the Vosne slope. The vines are around 40 years old. The domaine calls the wine the classic beauty of Vosne-Romanée, with a finesse that catches you off guard. In 2020 the summer was warm and dry but without extreme spikes, and nights stayed cool. Berries were small with thick skins and little juice, and the reds came out concentrated, with low pH and a firm backbone of tartaric acid.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Red cherry, cranberry and violet, with a peppery lift and a hint of forest floor.
- Palate: Medium-bodied and tight, with fine-grained tannin and vivid acidity.
- Finish: Fresh and floral, with red fruit and a mineral trail.
Serving & Food
Give it a couple more years, or decant for an hour if you open it now. Serve at 15 to 16°C in a Burgundy glass. Best from about 2026 to the mid-2030s. Try it with grilled quail, pork chop with mustard sauce, or steamed chicken with ginger and spring onion.
How to Enjoy
Drinkers who want a precise, fresh village Vosne to cellar for a few years.
Product Details
Producer: Domaine Prieuré Roch
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Appellation: Vosne-Romanée
Wine: Les Hautes Maizières
Vintage: 2020
Grape: Pinot Noir
Estate Holding: 0.62 ha
Volume: 750mL
About the Domaine
Prieuré Roch's cellar in Prémeaux works by hand. Whole bunches go into wooden vats, the cap is punched down by foot and wine is moved by gravity rather than pumps. Yeasts are those that arrive on the grapes.
Henry-Frédéric Roch set these rules when he founded the domaine in 1988, while also serving from 1992 as co-director of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. After his death in 2018, his long-time colleague Yannick Champ took over.