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History
Domaine Lamarche (Domaine François Lamarche) is a winery in the Burgundian village of Vosne-Romanée. The domaine was founded in 1797.

Henri Lamarche founded the estate at the beginning of the 20th century. All of his wines were produced at the estate. Henri Lamarche and his wife Marie Grivelet had a son named Henri who inherited the estate in 1903. Henri also inherited la Grande Rue in 1933 when he got married to his wife, Aline Demur.

Henri chose to change the name of La Grande Rue to 1er Cru. This change was made to lessen taxes from the higher status it held before. However, the Grand Cru title re-emerged in 1992. It was announced that the status should be changed back to the Grand Cru title on November 14, 1989 but was only made official three years later on July 2, 1992. The classification is based on the land soil and it’s potential of Grand Cru wine that it could produce. The wines quality themselves are not tested.

Henri and Aline had four children. One of which was named Francois, who later took over the estate in 1985 after his father’s passing. His sister Genevieve also helped in the business to manage the accounts.

On June 18, 2013 the winemaker and owner Francois Lamarche, died at the age of 69 after his tractor rolled into a lake, trapping him underneath it. This happened on his family home in Baudrieres.

Since the end of the 19th century, the Domaine Lamarche estate has grown through five generations and is now run by the sixth generation: Francois’s daughter Nicole, and his niece Nathalie. Currently, Nicole runs the vini-viti-cultural aspects while her cousin Nathalie is in charge of the commercialization of the wine estate.

Vineyard
Its vineyard holdings include Clos Vougeot, Echezeaux, Grands Echezeaux, and the monopole La Grande Rue.

The estate’s La Grande Rue Grand Cru is a thin strip of land between La Tâche, La Romanée-Conti and La Romanée. Since 2007 the Lamarche family have been running their vineyards organically. They follow “Lutte raisonnee” methods. This means that the viticulture is strictly regulated such as what chemicals, if any can be sprayed on the grapes. (8) Harvesting is all done by hand by pickers, then sorted out on a table. They also ferment in open wooden cuves. The wines are aged for months inside oak barrels for Grand Crus then racked when the reductive aromas develop.

Wines
Wines Produced: - La Grande Rue Grand Cru - Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru - Echezeaux Grand Cru - Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru - Vosne Romanée 1er Cru Les Malconsorts - Vosne Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes - Vosne Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots - Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Cras - Vosne Romanée 1er Cru La Croix Rameau - Vosne Romanée - Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Nuits - Bourgogne - Bourgogne Aligoté - Bourgogne Passetougrain