How The West Was Won - Burgundy Style - Interview with Michel Gros

Michel Gros

This is the story about how the Wild West was won - Burgundy style. Domaine Michel Gros is located in Vosne-Romanée, one of the most prestigious villages on the Côte d'Or. The domaine has been the sole owner of the Vosne-Romanée premier cru Clos des Réas for the past century and a half. But the Hautes-Côtes, up west of the Côte, has played an important part in the history of the domaine. Today more than half of the production comes from the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits.

– My father was a bit of an adventurer, says Michel Gros. He would visit people in villages like Arcenant, Marey-lès-Fussey, etc. During five years he bought close to 1000 parcels of land there. Then he spent another five years regrouping them.

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