AS Sirugue-Noëllat
AS Sirugue-Noëllat in Vosne-Romanée is run by Arnaud Sirugue and Sophie Noëllat, who have farmed twelve hectares in the Côte de Nuits since 2023, including the Grand Cru Grands Échézeaux. He represents the fifth generation of Domaine Robert Sirugue, she the sixth of Domaine Michel Noëllat. The estate includes Les Barreaux, the east-facing parcel directly above Cros Parantoux, along with 1.1 hectares in the Premier Cru Les Petits Monts. The couple works with varying proportions of whole-cluster fruit and ages the wines for twelve to fifteen months in pièces.
Arnaud Sirugue and Sophie Noëllat
Behind the estate stand two winegrowing families from Burgundy, Domaine Michel Noëllat in its sixth generation and Domaine Robert Sirugue in its fifth. In 2016, Arnaud Sirugue and Sophie Noëllat married and bottled their first wines together, initially two cuvées. In 2023 they took over the Sirugue family legacy in full and have run it since under the name Arnaud et Sophie. The same year saw the completion of the new chai in Vosne-Romanée where they work today. Arnaud Sirugue had previously gained experience in Provence.
Les Barreaux and the neighbourhood of Cros Parantoux
Les Barreaux, facing east, lies directly above Cros Parantoux, the parcel made famous by Henri Jayer, and borders the Grand Cru Richebourg. The parcel sits a little higher on the slope, an advantage amid climate change; its soil carries plenty of iron and magnesium, mixed with pink marl. The Pinot Noir from Les Barreaux shows a silky texture. The parcel's place in the estate traces back to a marriage: Jeanne, daughter of Jean-François Jayer, married into the Sirugue family.
Les Petits Monts owes its reputation chiefly to its position directly above the Grand Cru Richebourg and next to Cros Parantoux. Arnaud Sirugue and Sophie Noëllat farm 1.1 hectares here in the Premier Cru. The soil is thin and sparse, with limestone bedrock often just a few centimetres below the surface, and the roots dig deep into the rock. The parcels stretch across the slope and are worked by hand and with horses.
Vieilles Vignes, Harmonie and Grands Échézeaux
The Vieilles Vignes are harvested at the northern end of the village, where the grapes turn darker and the vines are 50 to 80 years old, as in Aux Réas next to the Grand Cru La Tâche and in Au Dessus de la Rivière. The Harmonie cuvée brings together parcels from every zone of Vosne-Romanée, Réas and Croix Blanches, Chalandins and Bossières in the north, plus Barreaux. The range's highest classification is the Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru.
The Bourgogne Côte d'Or Pinot Noir comes from three sites, one south of Vosne-Romanée, one near Clos de Vougeot and one near Chambolle-Musigny. Since 2018 the range has also included a white, today the Meursault "Les Grands Charrons", alongside a Ladoix Buisson made from Pinot Noir.
Whole clusters and ageing in pièces
Sophie Noëllat describes the house philosophy as "precision and finesse". In warm years the two increasingly ferment with whole clusters, which preserves freshness and refines the tannin; in the Bourgogne Côte d'Or this share is around 30 percent, in the Petits Monts 60. Ageing lasts twelve to fifteen months in pièces, for the Bourgogne mostly in barrels used several times over with a very small share of new oak, and for the Vieilles Vignes around 40 percent new oak.