sculptured gevrey 1er cru?

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A few weeks back I was walking through the vines in Gevrey-Chambertin, and I noticed that one of the most iconic vineyard houses of the Côte d’Or was shrouded in scaffolding!

The house in question neighbours Ruchottes-Chambertin, sitting in the wholly owned Gevrey-Chambertin 1er of Les Issarts – and Faiveley are the sole owners.

I visited Faiveley this week, so was finally able to ask Erwan about this small project…

“Ah the house in Les Issarts, I’ve wanted to renovate it for such a long time. I’m really glad that we finally did it this year, because literally the house was crumbling. It was once a drinking and smoking den so we blocked-up the doors and windows – it turned out that this was really lucky as the lintels were crumbling, so it was only the fact that we’d blocked up the windows and doors that stopped the walls falling down.

“It’s going to be an artist’s atelier, actually a sculptor, the lady that did the sitting sculpture of the monk that is outside the Château de Gevrey-Chambertin – this was really a great idea, as I didn’t really want a maison d’hôte. I’m really looking forward to it!

Me too!
 

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There are 3 responses to “sculptured gevrey 1er cru?”

  1. Mike Golub16th December 2016 at 2:57 amPermalinkReply

    great shots1

  2. Caspar Bowes16th December 2016 at 8:46 amPermalinkReply

    Not a rental opportunity for worthy wine merchants then? Shame…

  3. Sycamore19th December 2016 at 3:15 amPermalinkReply

    The world is rather deplete of good news these days; this very much is!

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