• Clos St.-Jacques is a Premier Cru vineyard known for red wine production of the Pinot Noir grape, located within the Gevrey-Chambertin Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée in the Côtes de Nuits sub-region of the Côte d’Or in Burgundy.
• Surface Area: 6.7 ha [1]
• Annual Production: 2,950 cases [2]
• Owners: 5 [2]

• It is said there used to be a small chapel in this area & that the name of several vineyards here has ‘St.-Jacques’ as part of their name.
• Left out of Grand Cru status due to the fact that only climats contiguous with Chambertin & Clos de Bèze would be considered for top rank.
• Lavalle’s 1855 ranking puts it in Gevrey’s 2^nd division, just beneath Chambertin and Clos de Bèze.

• Location: [2]
  • Located in the swathe of Premier Crus which form a semi-circle to the north of the road leading through the Combe Lavaux to Chamboeuf.
  • Occupies a steep-ish vertical strip extending from top to bottom of the slope.
  • Exposed/faces southeast at a similar elevation as the upper portions of Chambertin and Clos de Bèze.
• Terroir: [2]
  • The geology is split into two sections: Upslope and Downslope
    • Upslope: Contains significant proportions of Ostrea acuminata marls & Calcaire à Entroques.
      • The Entroques outcrop makes for very thin, stony soils.
      • There is a third faulted section of hard, pink Prémeaux limestone towards the bottom.
    • Downslope: Some Prémeaux limestone in the southeast corner (but no Comblanchien).
      • Run-off accumulates more readily, so soils are finer-grained and less stony.
    • Soil erosion is a problem here; as is the wind funneling down the Combe de Lavaux.
      • The wind causes the vineyard to be cool in comparison with those outside the influence of the Combe de Lavaux, especially in the summer evenings.
        • The Clos’ southerly wall provides an element of protection from the winds.

• Dry Red Wine from Pinot Noir
• Can be easily mistaken for a Chambertin.
• The wine has poise & balance and is rich, full and tightly structured, often with a strong mineral undertone.

• Armand Rousseau (2.22 ha)
• Michel & Sylvie Esmonin (1.60 ha)
• Bruno Clair (1 ha)
  • The Clair-Dau estate was split in 1985 resulting in equal plots belonging to Bruno Clair & Louis Jadot.
• Louis Jadot (1 ha)
• Jean-Marie Fourrier (.89 ha)

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[1] Coates, Clive. Wines of Burgundy. University Presses of California, 2008.

[2] Norman, Remington. Grand Cru; The Great Wines of Burgundy Through the Perspective of Its Finest Vineyards. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2011.