Domaine Vincent Dampt En Primeur 2023
WINES ON OFFER
MARSANNAY BLANC LES LONGEROIES
This comes from a 0.35-hectare parcel. 2021 was the first vintage. This is a similar terroir to Marsannay’s Clos du Roy, according to Philippe. East-facing vinesin long rows (250m), with a slight slope that becomes steeper towards the top of the parcel. The soils are a combination of rolled pebbles, silt and Bresse marls. This was the first to be picked in 2023. The palate is creamy, lactic and rich, with a phenolic bite delineating the stone fruit flavours. Fermented in 80% stainless steel and 20% oak barrels for 15 months with no lees stirring. The wine is lightly fined before bottling.
Corney & Barrow Score 16.5 - 17
Recommended drinking from 2025-2028
BOURGOGNE CÔTE D’OR PINOT NOIR LES JUMELLES
This wine’s humble Bourgogne appellation belies the complexity here. It comes from two small plots in Gevrey-Chambertin — Grands Champs and Prunier — totalling 0.32 hectares. Clay-rich soils make for naturally productive vines (“you have to be careful with the yields,” says Philippe). Dark and peppery, with great substance, framed by firm tannins, which will meld. Seven barrels were made in 2023. 100% whole bunch fermentation.
Corney & Barrow Score 17
Recommended drinking from 2026-2030
MARSANNAY CLOS DU ROY
Just 0.43 hectares here, in this admired Marsannay lieu-dit in the north of the appellation, which is 30ha in total. 2023 is the third vintage. The fruit comes from two plots: a lower elevation, flatter parcel rich in marls and a steep, higher elevation site on sandy-clayey screes. Fleshy red berry fruit, pliant and inviting, with morello cherry and foresty spices. 100% destemmed. Eight barrels were made in 2023.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5
Recommended drinking from 2027-2031
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN CLOS DU COUVENT MONOPOLE
From a 0.4-hectare plot within the garden of the ex-Varoilles domaine buildings in Gevrey-Chambertin and surrounded by a stone wall. As Philippe says, there is a natural ripeness to this plot, requiring a hands-off approach—probably because the wall creates a micro-climate. He describes drawing out the elegance of the old vines and “looking to make something approachable young here.” A succulent, darkly berried wine, lifted by fresh acidity, 2023 having seen an unusually low pH here. 100% destemmed. Seven barrels were made.
Corney & Barrow Score 17 - 17.5
Recommended drinking from 2027-2033
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN CLOS MEIX DES OUCHES MONOPOLE
This one-hectare vineyard is a monopole, owned in its entirety by the domaine. It has similar stony soils to the adjacent 1er Cru Champonnets. Half of the vines here are over 60 years old, whilst the rest are around half that, planted in the 1990s. The clay-limestone soils are relatively deep, interspersed with gravels. Philippe described this as “a joyous site and wine”. Crystalline red berry fruit aromas. The palate is rich and impressive with deep raspberry fruit and seated acidity. Cropped at 48hl/ha in 2023. 40% whole bunch fermentation.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5 - 18
Recommended drinking from 2028-2034
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY LES QUARANTES OUVREES
Named after the size of the plots used in this cuvée — 40 ouvrées or 1.77 hectares, an ouvrée being an old French term for the area of land a vigneron could work in one day. This wine comes from the historic Paul Misset estate, from 12 plots covering nine climats within the village of Chambolle-Musigny. M.Misset (Philippe’s grandfather) pieced these holdings together from various growers. Most of the vines are over 40 years old. Intense red berry fruit aromas. The palate is creamy and flavour-saturated, opening onto an airily perfumed mid-palate of rose petals. 100% destemmed. 20 barrels in 2023. Lovely wine.
Corney & Barrow Score 18
Recommended drinking from 2026-2036
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY CLOS DE L’ORME
This is from a plot of eight ouvrées (0.36 hectares) within the larger climat of Clos del’Orme and bordering the premier cru sites Les Charmes, Aux Combottes and Aux Échanges. A gentle stony slope aids drainage. The vines were re-planted at various stages, from the 1940s to 1997 (mostly 1950s). Cool, focussed raspberry fruit with just the right level of exotic spice. More structured than Les Quarantes Ouvrées, with greater ageing potential. 50% whole bunch vinification, which is the maximum at the domaine.
Corney & Barrow Score 18+
Recommended drinking from 2027-2037
VOSNE-ROMANÉE LES BARREAUX
Philippe and Paul have two plots, covering 0.75 hectares, in the lieu-dit Les Barreaux, which sits above Richebourg, Cros Parantoux, Aux Brûlées and Les Petits Monts, high on the slope. The vines are planted over a thin calcareous top soil with over 60% limestone. Part of the vineyard is cooler, facing north, while the remainder faces east. Stricter than Clos de l'Orme, not giving away as much, but with a fabulous nervy palate, which is framed by filigree, fruit-coated tannins. 100% destemmed.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5 - 18
Recommended drinking from 2029-2039
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 1ER CRU CHAMPONNET
This is an even stonier site than neighbouring Clos du Meix des Ouches. There are two parcels here, one from the ex-Varoilles estate (planted in the ‘60s) and one from the historic Misset holdings (planted in the ‘90s), totalling over a hectare, making Couvent the biggest producer in Champonnet. This is an extension of Ruchottes-Chambertin, situated just before the cool breezes of the Combe de Lavaux. The soils are complex, with varying topography. The vines are between 30 and 60 years old. Bright, intensely red-berried, with plushly fruit-coated tannins. Primary and open.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5 - 18
Recommended drinking from 2027-2037
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY LES FEUSSELOTTES 1er CRU
Previously owned by La Pousse d’Or, this came into the line-up in the 2021 vintage. Just 0.42 hectares. This site runs from the southern side of Chambolle-Musigny to the premiers crus Charmes, Les Grands Murs and Chatelots. The name Feusselotte is derived from the word ‘Feusse’, or ‘hollow’, as seen in the vineyard’s topography. The soils are shallow, composed of Comblanchien limestone and marl. Gently creamy red berry aromas with dark spices. The palate is excitingly flavour-soaked, ripe red berries and roses, with nervy chalky limestone tension. 100% destemmed. Nine barrels were made in 2023.
Corney & Barrow Score 18.5 - 19
Recommended drinking from 2027-2037
NUITS-ST-GEORGES 1ER CRU AUX MURGERS
This is the domaine’s smallest plot, at 0.24 hectares. Philippe explained that the elegance of this cuvée is due to its location between Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-St-Georges. Domaine du Couvent’s plot is mid-slope, planted with very old vines. Along with Clos Vougeot, these are the oldest vines of the estate. The most pronounced whole bunch spices with dark berries and a fabulous sappy tension to the palate. The berries here are so tiny, you would crush them if you tried to destem them. Although this is the highest pH of the estate, the sensation is fresh. Grippy tannins. Five barrels were made in 2023, a record.100% whole-bunch fermentation. 14% abv.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5 - 18
Recommended drinking from 2027-2035
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 1ER CRU LA ROMANÉE MONOPOLE
Gevrey-Chambertin’s La Romanée is a premier cru high on the slope, beside the cooling breezes of the Combe Lavaux. The domaine has one hectare of vines here, with an average age of over 60 years. Half of the plot was originally planted to Chardonnay, before being replaced with Pinot Noir in the ‘60s. Very shallow soils (just 50cm) lie over a gravel and limestone bedrock, making for a naturally low-yielding site. Darker fruited, with a tangerine rind zestiness and orange blossom. The palate is framed by super-fine, almost Chambolle-like tannins — not a text book Gevrey, but no less fascinating for that. 18 barrels were made in 2023. This was Paul Cheron’s favourite.
Corney & Barrow Score 18
Recommended drinking from 2027-2037
CLOS DE VOUGEOT GRAND CRU AUX ORIGINES
Domaine du Couvent has two plots in the Clos de Vougeot, planted in 1950. The smallest plot is in the lower part of the Clos (0.7ha, always destemmed) whilst the second, and largest (1.4ha), is close to Vosne-Romanée, near the holding of Liger-Belair. Philippe and Paul vinify three cuvées with a view to possibly releasing them separately one day. 2023 is made of just the top part. Ripe raspberry aromas. The palate is dense and gently creamy, with that Vougeot weight, framed by plushly fruit-coated tannins.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5+
Recommended drinking from 2028-2044
CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN GRAND CRU AUX MAZOYÈRES
An old friend of C&B, this was the top wine of the former Domaine des Varoilles. Philippe has coaxed out its refined side, limiting new oak and extraction and adapting to the vintage. Domaine du Couvent has 0.38 hectares, situated on the calcareous soils of the upper part of Mazoyères-Chambertin. This was planted in the ‘50s and ‘70s. Succulent and with that mineral bite of Mazoyères, with a fine, powerful tannic framing. Eight barrels were made in 2023. 100% destemmed.
Corney & Barrow Score 18.5
Recommended drinking from 2030-2043
MARSANNAY BLANC LES LONGEROIES
This comes from a 0.35-hectare parcel. 2021 was the first vintage. This is a similar terroir to Marsannay’s Clos du Roy, according to Philippe. East-facing vinesin long rows (250m), with a slight slope that becomes steeper towards the top of the parcel. The soils are a combination of rolled pebbles, silt and Bresse marls. This was the first to be picked in 2023. The palate is creamy, lactic and rich, with a phenolic bite delineating the stone fruit flavours. Fermented in 80% stainless steel and 20% oak barrels for 15 months with no lees stirring. The wine is lightly fined before bottling.
Corney & Barrow Score 16.5 - 17
Recommended drinking from 2025-2028
BOURGOGNE CÔTE D’OR PINOT NOIR LES JUMELLES
This wine’s humble Bourgogne appellation belies the complexity here. It comes from two small plots in Gevrey-Chambertin — Grands Champs and Prunier — totalling 0.32 hectares. Clay-rich soils make for naturally productive vines (“you have to be careful with the yields,” says Philippe). Dark and peppery, with great substance, framed by firm tannins, which will meld. Seven barrels were made in 2023. 100% whole bunch fermentation.
Corney & Barrow Score 17
Recommended drinking from 2026-2030
MARSANNAY CLOS DU ROY
Just 0.43 hectares here, in this admired Marsannay lieu-dit in the north of the appellation, which is 30ha in total. 2023 is the third vintage. The fruit comes from two plots: a lower elevation, flatter parcel rich in marls and a steep, higher elevation site on sandy-clayey screes. Fleshy red berry fruit, pliant and inviting, with morello cherry and foresty spices. 100% destemmed. Eight barrels were made in 2023.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5
Recommended drinking from 2027-2031
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN CLOS DU COUVENT MONOPOLE
From a 0.4-hectare plot within the garden of the ex-Varoilles domaine buildings in Gevrey-Chambertin and surrounded by a stone wall. As Philippe says, there is a natural ripeness to this plot, requiring a hands-off approach—probably because the wall creates a micro-climate. He describes drawing out the elegance of the old vines and “looking to make something approachable young here.” A succulent, darkly berried wine, lifted by fresh acidity, 2023 having seen an unusually low pH here. 100% destemmed. Seven barrels were made.
Corney & Barrow Score 17 - 17.5
Recommended drinking from 2027-2033
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN CLOS MEIX DES OUCHES MONOPOLE
This one-hectare vineyard is a monopole, owned in its entirety by the domaine. It has similar stony soils to the adjacent 1er Cru Champonnets. Half of the vines here are over 60 years old, whilst the rest are around half that, planted in the 1990s. The clay-limestone soils are relatively deep, interspersed with gravels. Philippe described this as “a joyous site and wine”. Crystalline red berry fruit aromas. The palate is rich and impressive with deep raspberry fruit and seated acidity. Cropped at 48hl/ha in 2023. 40% whole bunch fermentation.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5 - 18
Recommended drinking from 2028-2034
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY LES QUARANTES OUVREES
Named after the size of the plots used in this cuvée — 40 ouvrées or 1.77 hectares, an ouvrée being an old French term for the area of land a vigneron could work in one day. This wine comes from the historic Paul Misset estate, from 12 plots covering nine climats within the village of Chambolle-Musigny. M.Misset (Philippe’s grandfather) pieced these holdings together from various growers. Most of the vines are over 40 years old. Intense red berry fruit aromas. The palate is creamy and flavour-saturated, opening onto an airily perfumed mid-palate of rose petals. 100% destemmed. 20 barrels in 2023. Lovely wine.
Corney & Barrow Score 18
Recommended drinking from 2026-2036
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY CLOS DE L’ORME
This is from a plot of eight ouvrées (0.36 hectares) within the larger climat of Clos del’Orme and bordering the premier cru sites Les Charmes, Aux Combottes and Aux Échanges. A gentle stony slope aids drainage. The vines were re-planted at various stages, from the 1940s to 1997 (mostly 1950s). Cool, focussed raspberry fruit with just the right level of exotic spice. More structured than Les Quarantes Ouvrées, with greater ageing potential. 50% whole bunch vinification, which is the maximum at the domaine.
Corney & Barrow Score 18+
Recommended drinking from 2027-2037
VOSNE-ROMANÉE LES BARREAUX
Philippe and Paul have two plots, covering 0.75 hectares, in the lieu-dit Les Barreaux, which sits above Richebourg, Cros Parantoux, Aux Brûlées and Les Petits Monts, high on the slope. The vines are planted over a thin calcareous top soil with over 60% limestone. Part of the vineyard is cooler, facing north, while the remainder faces east. Stricter than Clos de l'Orme, not giving away as much, but with a fabulous nervy palate, which is framed by filigree, fruit-coated tannins. 100% destemmed.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5 - 18
Recommended drinking from 2029-2039
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 1ER CRU CHAMPONNET
This is an even stonier site than neighbouring Clos du Meix des Ouches. There are two parcels here, one from the ex-Varoilles estate (planted in the ‘60s) and one from the historic Misset holdings (planted in the ‘90s), totalling over a hectare, making Couvent the biggest producer in Champonnet. This is an extension of Ruchottes-Chambertin, situated just before the cool breezes of the Combe de Lavaux. The soils are complex, with varying topography. The vines are between 30 and 60 years old. Bright, intensely red-berried, with plushly fruit-coated tannins. Primary and open.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5 - 18
Recommended drinking from 2027-2037
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY LES FEUSSELOTTES 1er CRU
Previously owned by La Pousse d’Or, this came into the line-up in the 2021 vintage. Just 0.42 hectares. This site runs from the southern side of Chambolle-Musigny to the premiers crus Charmes, Les Grands Murs and Chatelots. The name Feusselotte is derived from the word ‘Feusse’, or ‘hollow’, as seen in the vineyard’s topography. The soils are shallow, composed of Comblanchien limestone and marl. Gently creamy red berry aromas with dark spices. The palate is excitingly flavour-soaked, ripe red berries and roses, with nervy chalky limestone tension. 100% destemmed. Nine barrels were made in 2023.
Corney & Barrow Score 18.5 - 19
Recommended drinking from 2027-2037
NUITS-ST-GEORGES 1ER CRU AUX MURGERS
This is the domaine’s smallest plot, at 0.24 hectares. Philippe explained that the elegance of this cuvée is due to its location between Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-St-Georges. Domaine du Couvent’s plot is mid-slope, planted with very old vines. Along with Clos Vougeot, these are the oldest vines of the estate. The most pronounced whole bunch spices with dark berries and a fabulous sappy tension to the palate. The berries here are so tiny, you would crush them if you tried to destem them. Although this is the highest pH of the estate, the sensation is fresh. Grippy tannins. Five barrels were made in 2023, a record.100% whole-bunch fermentation. 14% abv.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5 - 18
Recommended drinking from 2027-2035
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 1ER CRU LA ROMANÉE MONOPOLE
Gevrey-Chambertin’s La Romanée is a premier cru high on the slope, beside the cooling breezes of the Combe Lavaux. The domaine has one hectare of vines here, with an average age of over 60 years. Half of the plot was originally planted to Chardonnay, before being replaced with Pinot Noir in the ‘60s. Very shallow soils (just 50cm) lie over a gravel and limestone bedrock, making for a naturally low-yielding site. Darker fruited, with a tangerine rind zestiness and orange blossom. The palate is framed by super-fine, almost Chambolle-like tannins — not a text book Gevrey, but no less fascinating for that. 18 barrels were made in 2023. This was Paul Cheron’s favourite.
Corney & Barrow Score 18
Recommended drinking from 2027-2037
CLOS DE VOUGEOT GRAND CRU AUX ORIGINES
Domaine du Couvent has two plots in the Clos de Vougeot, planted in 1950. The smallest plot is in the lower part of the Clos (0.7ha, always destemmed) whilst the second, and largest (1.4ha), is close to Vosne-Romanée, near the holding of Liger-Belair. Philippe and Paul vinify three cuvées with a view to possibly releasing them separately one day. 2023 is made of just the top part. Ripe raspberry aromas. The palate is dense and gently creamy, with that Vougeot weight, framed by plushly fruit-coated tannins.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5+
Recommended drinking from 2028-2044
CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN GRAND CRU AUX MAZOYÈRES
An old friend of C&B, this was the top wine of the former Domaine des Varoilles. Philippe has coaxed out its refined side, limiting new oak and extraction and adapting to the vintage. Domaine du Couvent has 0.38 hectares, situated on the calcareous soils of the upper part of Mazoyères-Chambertin. This was planted in the ‘50s and ‘70s. Succulent and with that mineral bite of Mazoyères, with a fine, powerful tannic framing. Eight barrels were made in 2023. 100% destemmed.
Corney & Barrow Score 18.5
Recommended drinking from 2030-2043