The producer
Based in Flagey, but with six Grand Cru holdings from Flagey to Gevrey, the triple-named estate has come into its own under current generation director Claire Fleurot and her talented young winemaker Thomas Colladot. Thomas’ mother is a Coquard, and from Morey, while the Loison side of the family is from Flagey.
With a deep belief that great wines are created in the vineyard, Coquard-Loison-Fleurot has a stellar collection of Burgundian terroirs to work with including 0.18ha Grands Echezeaux, 1.29ha Echezeaux, 0.64ha Clos de Vougeot, 1.17ha Clos de la Roche, 0.17ha Clos St Denis and 0.32ha Charmes-Chambertin.
The style is still evolving but with a light extraction and a definite but delicate use of new oak that makes for elegant wines showing fruit purity and great terroir expressions. Should we call this domaine a future star of Burgundy when the wines are already held in great respect? And are in great demand? Let’s just say it’s a star producer still on the rise.
The wine
Coquard-Loison-Fleurot owns 1.40 hectares spread over four lieux-dits in the Echezeaux grand cru vineyard, with vines planted between the 1920s and 1960s. And this is just one out of a portfolio of six impressive grand cru terroirs produced by the domaine. Grapes are destemmed, fermented, and then aged in barrel for 18 months, with up to 60% new oak. A wine of great fragrance, with layers of succulent red fruit and a balanced persistent finish.
