Jayer Gilles

Domaine Gilles Jayer located in Magny-lès-Villers, between Pernand-Vergelesses and Nuits-Saint-Georges

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For more than 15 years, Gilles Jayer of domaine de Jayer Gilles cultivated 11 hectares in the Côte d'Or in Burgundy, divided equally between white Burgundy wines and red Burgundy wines. He passed away in 2018. The white wines of the Gilles Jayer estate are blends of Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc. They are aged 70% in new barrels and 30% in tanks. They are not fined but undergo a light filtration before bottling. The reds of Domaine Jayer Gilles are aged 100% in new barrels. They are neither fined nor filtered. The estate is best known for its Echézeaux. Enthusiasts are not mistaken and also stock up on its Hautes Côtes de Nuits, its Côtes de Nuits Village and Nuits-Saint-Georges Hauts Poirets and Hauts Pruliers, as well as the Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru Les Damodes.

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Jayer Gilles Echezeaux Du Dessus 2000
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Jayer Gilles Echezeaux Du Dessus 2000

€360.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€300.00 ex-VAT

History of Domaine Jayer-Gilles

The domaine was born in the 1950s from the union of two Burgundian winemaking families: the Jayers, originally from Vosne-Romanée, and the Gilles, rooted in Magny-lès-Villers. Robert Jayer, grandson of Adolphe Jayer and thus second cousin of the legendary Henri Jayer, married Paulette Gilles and settled in the Gilles family home, a building dating from 1886 that still houses the estate's headquarters. Like most post-war farms, the activity at the time was mixed farming. It was in the 1970s that Robert and Paulette turned the domaine exclusively towards viticulture, thanks to the development of mechanisation and the establishment of in-house winemaking, with the construction of a vat room.

Their son Gilles Jayer, born in 1961 in Magny-lès-Villers, joined the estate in the early 1980s and took over its direction in 1998, representing the family's third generation. He quickly established himself as one of the most gifted winemakers of his generation, capable of challenging Burgundian tradition without ever distorting his wines. Passionate about his home village, he became one of the pioneers in promoting the Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune and de Nuits appellations, producing wines of remarkable intensity and great ageing potential, which gained growing recognition among discerning enthusiasts from the 1990s onwards. A man of conviction, with a lively wit and a frank character, Gilles Jayer left his mark on the vineyard with his fruity and thoroughbred style, served by a tailor-made ageing approach. Having no heir to take over the reins, he sold the domaine in the summer of 2017 to Swiss wine enthusiast André Hoffmann, and accompanied the new estate manager Alexandre Vernet through the handover. He passed away on 25 January 2018, at fifty-seven years of age. The domaine continues its activity today under the name Hoffmann-Jayer, with the same team and the same philosophy, while bottles signed Jayer-Gilles remain highly sought after on the market.

Terroirs and Vineyards of Domaine Jayer-Gilles

The vineyard extends over approximately eleven hectares and draws its singularity from its geographical position. Magny-lès-Villers, perched on the heights to the south-west of Nuits-Saint-Georges, sits precisely at the junction of the two Hautes Côtes. Tasters indeed note a clear shift in terroir expression when moving from the Hautes Côtes de Beaune cuvées to those of the Hautes Côtes de Nuits, the transition occurring just south of the village. The soils are calcareous, often thin and stony, and the altitude brings a nocturnal freshness that preserves the acidity and aromatic brilliance of the grapes.

The Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits wines come from plots located in Magny-lès-Villers, notably the lieu-dit Le Perchy, as well as in Villers-la-Faye on Sous le Mont and La Flie. The Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune wines are sourced from two plots in Magny-lès-Villers, En Foigery and Les Castaings, whose calcareous minerality yields particularly straight and taut wines. The domaine also extends down onto the Côte de Nuits proper, with vines in Côte de Nuits-Villages in the village of Corgoloin, a Nuits-Saint-Georges village wine on the climat Les Hauts Poirets, a premier cru on Les Damodes, and above all a jewel: a plot of Échezeaux Grand Cru on the lieu-dit Échezeaux du Dessus, in Flagey-Echézeaux. Pinot Noir dominates the encépagement, complemented by Chardonnay for the Hautes Côtes whites.

Winemaking at Domaine Jayer-Gilles

The philosophy of the cellar rests on a strong and perfectly egalitarian idea: every wine deserves the same care, regardless of its appellation. Thus, from regional appellation to grand cru, the winemaking process unfolds in exactly the same way, with no hierarchy of treatment. This non-interventionist approach allows each cuvée to express itself according to its own terroir, and explains why the domaine's Hautes Côtes have been able, over the decades, to rival far more prestigious appellations.

The true signature of the house lies in the ageing, considered cuvée by cuvée according to the expression of each wine. Gilles Jayer built his reputation on a proportion of new oak that was very high for the time, reaching 50 to 60% even for regional appellations, with the remainder in one-year-old barrels. In their youth, the wines often show a great deal of toast and smoke, which at times divided tasters, but this oakiness integrates remarkably after a few years of ageing to give way to an aromatic purity, a freshness and a length that are rare at these appellation levels. It is this combination of brilliant fruit and ambitious ageing that defines the Jayer-Gilles style.

The Cuvées of Domaine Jayer-Gilles

The Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune Blanc opens the Chardonnay range with a chiselled wine, marked by citrus, white flowers and a very clear calcareous minerality. The generous oak ageing brings a creamy texture and notes of roasted hazelnut that integrate after three or four years in the cellar, then revealing an unexpected saline length for this appellation level.

The Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Blanc shows more breadth and depth than its Beaune counterpart. It unfolds aromas of ripe white fruits and an exotic hint, with an ample palate and a more generous texture. It is one of the domaine's largest productions, and one of its finest illustrations of the Hautes Côtes' capacity to produce gastronomic whites.

The Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune Rouge, sourced from the plots En Foigery and Les Castaings in Magny-lès-Villers, offers a concentrated and fresh Pinot Noir with an evident calcareous structure. The nose evokes cherry and redcurrant lifted by a smoky note; the palate is crunchy and taut, with fine tannins and a beautiful vivacity that makes it a remarkably easy-drinking wine.

The Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Rouge, produced from the lieux-dits Le Perchy in Magny-lès-Villers and Sous le Mont and La Flie in Villers-la-Faye, is the emblematic cuvée of the house. With an unrivalled freshness, aromatic purity and length for this appellation, it unfolds brilliant red fruit, a dense texture and a substantial oakiness in its youth that integrates magnificently after five to eight years. Many enthusiasts consider it the finest value for money in the entire Côte de Nuits.

The Côte de Nuits-Villages, produced in the village of Corgoloin at the southern tip of the Côte de Nuits, gains in depth and structure. A deep colour, a nose of dark fruits, undergrowth and spices, a fleshy palate carried by firm but well-coated tannins: this is a wine of character that competes without hesitation with many more renowned village appellations, and one that requires a few years of patience.

The Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Hauts Poirets brings the characteristic power of its village. This climat, situated in the southern part of the appellation, yields an ample and generous Pinot Noir, with ripe fruits that coat the structure, along with notes of liquorice, leather and a hint of roasted character inherited from the ageing. The finish is long and savoury, and the wine improves over ten to fifteen years.

The Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Damodes, located on the northern slope of the appellation on the boundary with Vosne-Romanée, stands out for a more airy elegance. The fruit is purer and more crystalline, the tannic weave finer, and an assertive minerality stretches the finish. It is one of the most refined premiers crus of Nuits-Saint-Georges, and one of the domaine's finest achievements in the Côte de Nuits.

The Échezeaux Grand Cru Échezeaux du Dessus crowns the collection. Sourced from the upper part of this vast grand cru in Flagey-Echézeaux, an immediate neighbour of the Clos de Vougeot and Vosne-Romanée, it embodies the absolute pinnacle of the house. Its deep colour heralds a complex bouquet of candied dark fruits, spices, undergrowth and toasted notes, while the palate unfolds a dense and silky texture, thoroughbred tannins and an impressive persistence. Produced in very limited quantities, this jewel requires around ten years in the cellar and can easily be kept for twenty-five years.

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