Drappier Charles De Gaulle 750 ML

Around 2,000 years ago, on a hillside surrounding a villa that would later become Urville, the Gallo-Romans began planting the first vines. It was not until 1116 that Saint Bernard, a monk from Cîteaux Abbey near Clos Vougeot, re-established the vineyard. He imported the Morillon Noir grape variety (an ancestor of Pinot) from Burgundy, and had many wine cellars built, one of which was in Urville in 1152, annex of Bavin-Sainte Eulalie.\nEverything belonged to the great Clairvaux Abbey, founded by the Holy Saint Bernard, whose influence extended throughout medieval Europe. At the time of his death in 1153, annual wine production had risen to around 600,000 litres, and was mostly shipped in casks due to the rarity and high cost of glass at the time.\n\nWines known as Vins de Bar were enjoyed by the Earls of Champagne and Paris, after their travels along the Aube and Seine rivers on merchant ships.\nAfter the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte turned Clairveaux Abbey into a prison, and later in the nineteenth century, the Urville wine cellars became the village presbytery. The Drappier family, who lived next to the cellars at the time, bought them and established their estate there following World War II. These cellars now hold the House’s best vintages and largest bottles.