raffaele Mastrovincenzo

Clos Saint Jacques is a premier cru on the "finage" of Gevrey Chambertin in Burgundy. We talking about a vineyard with almost 7 hectares of surface of one of the most famous village of the Cote de Nuits "Gevrey Chambertin". This vineyard is ranking as a premier cru which is: a the term appears on a label, the wine is likely to be superior in quality to a village-level wine, and it is undoubtedly higher in price and scarcer in quantity. Premier Cru wines often include the name of a single premier cru vineyard. Clos Saint Jacques for many drinkers and producer have the quality and structure of a Grand Cru, in-fact the old Benedictines Monk in the 6th Century create the terroir quality of this amazing region with detail and perfection; they build lots of Clos (vineyards surrounded by stone wall). Clos saint Jacques refer to a statue, Saint James (Jacques) which stand in the vineyard and was a guide of the pilgrim in the past. Also according to the oldest c

For several years I have been leaving outside the old world continent, the great Europe. I have been exposed to several wines from Australia due I'm leaving here, also wines from New Zealand and lately USA and South Africa and some South America. International variety I will said the classic French grapes acting quite well in the countries just mention, but one of those I really find interesting is the Pinot Noir. Central Otago in New Zealand seems by the press one of the best example outside of Burgundy, as a region is divide in sub zone with different altitude and exposition. My preference sub zone is the Wanaka area with vines planted around the homonymous lake; another great region is the Sonoma in California especially with Russian River Valley AVA and Sonoma Coast AVA. however there are two Pinot Noir I have been very in love with: The first one is the Eyre Vineyards from Oregon in Willamette Valley in the little sub zone Dundee Hill AVA.  The Eyre Vineyards was fo