Domaine Francois (Nicole) Lamarche
Nicole Lamarche took sole responsibility for Domaine Lamarche in 2019. She inherited the family’s superb line-up of vineyards from her father, François, whose name had previously graced the estate. Her hard work has resulted in the domaine becoming one of the stars of Vosne-Romanée. Nicole has redesigned the domaine’s labels; the vineyards are meticulously managed; grapes are hand-harvested and sorted both in the vineyard and the winery and the amount of new oak has been reduced. The result is the creation of a style of Burgundy which she loves: fragrant, elegant and refined. Her vineyards are top notch - the domaine owns substantial chunks of grands crus Clos de Vougeot, Echezeaux, and Grands Echezeaux. But their monopole grand cru, La Grande Rue, which lies between two Domaine de la Romanée-Conti monopoles - La Tâche and La Romanée-Conti - is what really sets it apart. Nicole also owns a range of premiers crus in Nuits-St-Georges and Vosne. The majority of her vineyards are Pinot Noir, but she also produces a small range of Chardonnay and Aligoté in her village and Bourgogne level holdings.