Jean Marc Brocard Grand Vin De Bourgogne Chablis Sainte Claire 2022 (750ml)

 

Jean-Marc Brocard

 

Proprietaire – Recoltant

 

The domaine is located in the vineyards, on top of a hill, near the St. Claire church, from the 15th century.  A must for a stay in Chablis.  We enjoy a wide panorama of the entire vineyard, and our cellars welcome you for an oenological break.

 

"There are wines which owe their flavor to the grapes alone, while others depend upon the vine’s roots.  The former rely on the weather for their quality whereas the latter find their true character in the soil.  I love these wines which take their character from the roots."

 

Jean Marc Brocard

 

Jean-Marc Brocard learned the art of the vine with Emile Petit, his stepfather, and his cousin, P’tit Louis.  In 1973, Jean-Marc Brocard chose to settle in Préhy and build his own Domaine in the middle of vineyards.  Over the years, the quality of the wines of Jean-Marc Brocard has been recognized in France and around the world.

 

Jean-Marc’s son, Julien Brocard, moved back to the family estate in the mid 90s after earning a degree in engineering, with a different outlook on the vine and its environment.  Nowadays, a large part of the vineyard is cultivated according to the practices of organic and biodynamic farming.  “We still continue our work in order to improve the quality of our products.”  Julien Brocard

 

The Ammonite

 

Life force, the spiral is naturally present in nature symbol of creation and fulfillment, it characterizes our commitment to continuous improvement of our business approach.

 

The Style

 

Force  Fraicheur  Précision

These words form the signature Brocard, a unique style that is found in each appellation of Chablis:  Petit Chablis, Chablis, Chablis Premier Cru, Chablis Grand Cru, which are exported to nearly 50 countries.

 

The Precision

 

The expression of the soil, soil memory conveyed from vine to wine, pure typicity of Chablis basement sedimented by the sea during the Jurassic era.

 

Strength

 

Nothing like a structured wine, powerful, long finish, to appreciate the complexity after terroir.

 

The Freshness

 

Natural acidity, resulting from the minerality of the soil, giving the wine the tension that goes for signature.

 

Look, be quiet and learn

 

When Louis Petit, my spiritual father, whispered me these words, he told me how to understand the terroir.  Jean-Marc Brocard

 

Louis Petit

 

The first plot of Jean-Marc Brocard was a man, Louis Petit, winemaker who teach him the Vine, Wine and Men.

 

Jean-Marc Brocard still cultivates his science and wisdom: “Look, be quiet and learn.“  The long years of learning, take the same paths of the old winemaker, put his hands on the same branches, watching the same moon, Jean-Marc Brocard has kept patience and respect, the lessons of the soil and subsoil, vines and life.

 

Louis Petit told him how to talk the terroir.  From root to the vine, from the vine to the cluster, from the cluster to the must, and from must to wine, he initiated the slow path of aromas.  He told him, man to man, secrets and knowledge that can not be explained but which share in the light of early morning or in the cool shade of a cellar.

 

With Louis Petit, the wit was grafted to the youth to make sensible the idea of ​​perpetuity, of transmission.

 

Jean-Marc Brocard

 

Born in 1946 in Chaudenay-le-Château in Côte d’Or from a family of farmers, Jean-Marc Brocard follows the advice of his father and swiftly from agriculture whose future is not enough carrier in the late 60’s.  He chose a HND in engineering and became an engineer at Auxerre.

 

The meeting with his future wife, and his in-laws family, winegrowers in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux will initiate in the work of the vine and wine.

 

In 1973, the birth of Julien, Jean-Marc plant his first vines in Préhy, where it will build a few years later, his winery that will become the domaine Jean-Marc Brocard situated in the center of Chablis vineyards.

 

Julien Brocard

 

Born in 1973, Julien joined the familial domaine to work alongside his father in 1995, after studying engineering.

 

From 1997, he is passionate about biodynamic and traditional methods it implements on a plot of Chablis: La Boissonneuse.

 

Today, the domaine is among the most important actors of Burgundy to cultivate vineyards in organic farming.

 

As CEO of the company, Julien continues the development of the area while pulsing a corporate culture.

 

“Do it better, make it better, improve it if it is not broke, because if we do not, we can not compete with those who do.”  Julien Brocard