Domaine Comte Georges de Vouge 2010 Offering

Here is one of the ultimate “Blue Chips” collectibles from Burgundy and as Charles Dickens puts it Domaine Georges Comte de Vogue is; “As old as the hills and infinitely more respectable”. The Musigny family, who gave their name to the famous vineyard in the fourteenth century before vanishing into obscurity, lived in a small hamlet later to become known as Chambolle, where around 1450 Jean Moisson constructed a chapel there. The de Vogue did not appear until 1766 when Catherine Bouhier married Cerice Francis Melchior de Vogue.

Since then, five generations of de Vogues have taken charge of the Domaine, each adding, by acquisition or exchange, something to the estate. In recent years is was Comte Georges de Vogue whose name was inextricably linked with the Domaine. The Comte was by all recollections a lively, old-fashioned aristocratic of great charm, he traveled back and forth from his home in Paris to Chambolle to oversee production and discuss strategy with his closely knit team lead by the venerable Alain Roumier. Comte Georges passed away in 1986, the same year his confidant and winemaking partner retired after 30 years of service.