Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron is siutated in Premeaux-Prissey It is now managed by the couple of Alain Meunier and Sophie Confuron.
Wines of Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron is generally quite deep in colour, rich and dense in fruit and smooth in palate. The richness in fruit, however, does not give any hint of jammy feeling. Alain Meunier and Sophie Confuron don’t like to extract the fruits too much to avoid bitterness and tannic wine.
Alain Meunier and Sophie Confuron believes firmly that good wine starts from good raw material. For this reason, ultra attention is given to vineyard management. They believe in biodynamic farming practices and thus no chemical herbicide, weedkiller or fertilizer is used. Some plots of vineyard would even to have horse ploughing to avoid compacting the soil too much.
Normally, all the grapes would be 100% destemmed and would undergo a period of cold pre-fermentation maceration to increase fruitiness. Wines of Jean-Jacques Confuron used to be quite heavy-handed in the use of new oak. This has been changed. Now, 40% new oak would be used for Bourgogne red, 50% for village appellation red and 80% for premier cru and grand cru. Barrel ageing is usually 15-18 months. There is no fining or filtration before bottling.
Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron today has about 8 hectares of vineyards including two Grand Cru vineyards of Clos de Vougeot and Romanee-St-Vivant. Premier cru vineyards include Les Feusselotles (Chambolle-Musigny), Aux Boudots and Les Chaboeufs (Nuits-St-George) and Les Beaux-Monts (Vosne-Romanee).
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