The group of buildings which go to make up the Clos de Vougeot are among the most attractive and interesting examples of architecture in Burgundy.

October 4, 2010

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The group of buildings which go to make up the Clos de Vougeot are among the most attractive and interesting examples of architecture in Burgundy. Both the cuverie -a cloister in which the pressing and vinification took place- and the cellar belong to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. They are severely but beautifully functional. The château, in which Jean Loisier, forty-eighth abbot of Cîteaux, entertained his more important guests, dates from the Renaissance and is a fine example of its style.

Nothing could be more impressive than the enormous presses situated in the corners of the cuverie. It would be perfectly possible to make wine here today.

For centuries Clos Vougeot (so spelt when it means the wine) was considered the finest of all burgundies. In 1371 thirty hogsheads (some 228 litres or 50 gallons) of it were sent to Rome to celebrate the election of Pope Gregory XI. Three years later the abbot who sent the gift was made a cardinal.

Source: http://dijoon.free.fr/bestof/clos-vougeot.htm

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