A domaine created three generations ago (sometime in 1946), Domaine Pascal Chevigny is a success story that resulted from pure passion, hard work, strong beliefs and subsequently carried on with much family pride and rigour. In close proximity of Romanee Conti and La Tache in Vosne-Romanée, "Aux Champs Perdrix" was first planted by Pascal's maternal grandfather, Lucien, almost side by side with the rarest and the most expensive Grand Crus in the world. Lucien then expanded his holdings by acquiring other vineyards on the Côte de Nuits hillside, including the Vosne Romanee Premier Cru "Les Petits Monts" and the plot of "La Combes Brulees".
Pascal succeeded his father, Michel Chevigny, in 1984 and in recent years, has built his reputation as an excellent winemaker, absolutely oriented towards the pursuit of quality. Being a low profile vigneron, Pascal prefers to let his wines take the limelight with his Vosne-Romanée Villages and Premiers Crus winning 3 stars or 4 stars in Hachette Wine Guide's "Coup de Coeur" (best picks).
We had the luck of tasting his wines recently at the domaine as a fellow wine lover based in Beaune has pointed him out to us. Recently rebranded as Domaine Chevigny Rousseau, the aging of the majority of Pascal's red wines is done in new oak barrels, resulting in elegantly styled wines which are wildly attractive. Each glass comes up with fresh fruits like plush red cherries, showing the hallmark of the terroir, complete with a full mouth coat of sweet and firm tannins. With a low average production of about 25-35,000 bottles a year, Pascal's wines have been under the radar in Asia as most of the wines have been quickly consumed by the local and US markets.
Pascal also sell some of his grapes directly after harvest to allow maximum focus on his personal holdings, hence increasing quality tremendously in the process. We can't be more delighted to be able to bring you some of these treasures which we have tasted and given our seals of approval and nods of hedonistic pleasure. Orders are subjected to confirmation from winery as stocks are very limited. Delivery will be in Q2.