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  "name": "Henri Jayer",
  "sort": "Jayer, Henri"
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  "burgundy"
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  "role": "winemaker",
  "country": "France"
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 "text": {
  "what": "A Vosne-Romanée grower who started with a 3-hectare inheritance in the 1950s and changed how the Côte handles pinot noir — destemming, cold soak before fermentation, no filtration, clean fruit above all.",
  "story": "He read oenology at Dijon in the 1940s and farmed parcels in Échezeaux and Beaux Monts. His bottles now sell for more than almost any other Burgundy at auction, which is a fact about the market, not about the wine in the bottle."
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   "as": "A practice his cellar made standard on the Côte.",
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 "confidence": "high",
 "updated": "2026-09-16",
 "blurb": "A Vosne-Romanée grower who started with a 3-hectare inheritance in the 1950s and changed how the Côte handles pinot noir — destemming, cold soak before fermentation, no filtration, clean fruit above all.",
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  {
   "key": "cote-de-nuits",
   "name": "Côte de Nuits",
   "country": "France",
   "note": "Marsannay south to Corton; most of the red grands crus sit on this strip"
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  {
   "key": "burgundy",
   "name": "Burgundy",
   "country": "France",
   "note": "the Côte d'Or and its neighbours; the grape's home ground and its reference set"
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   "title": "Henri Jayer",
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   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?curid=7135825",
   "permalink": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350392479",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "licence": "CC BY-SA 4.0"
  }
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  {
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   "name": "Richebourg",
   "as": "Who farmed here and taught half the Côte how he did it.",
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