Paris ? Henri Jayer, a master of supremely concentrated, immaculately balanced pinot noir who was viewed by many connoisseurs to be the finest Burgundy winemaker of his generation, has died, his daughter said Thursday. He was 84.

Jayer died Wednesday at a medical clinic in the eastern city of Dijon after a long battle with prostate cancer, said his daughter, Dominique Rolin.

She spoke by phone from her father’s home in the nearby village of Vosne Romanee, where he made lush, seductive pinot noir from such renowned grand cru vineyards as Richebourg and Echezeaux. Great vintages of these wines now sell for thousands of dollars per bottle at auctions.

Funeral proceedings were expected to take place Tuesday in Vosne Romanee.