BURGUNDY
THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF TERROIR
Burgundy's complex and long history of winemaking and its extremely fragmented vineyard mosaic make it one of the most compelling wine regions in the world. This why Burgundy is and will always be at the heart of what we do.
Domaine Denis Mortet
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN
Denis Mortet founded the estate in the early 1990’s after he inherited half of his father’s estate Charles Mortet. He rapidly became known among Burgundy wine lovers as he produced a series of very good vintages in the 90’s, he is still perceived as one of the most emblematic figures in Gevrey-Chambertin. When Denis Mortet passed away in 2006, his son, Arnaud took over the estate. Arnaud is following his father’s steps with the same obsession for excellence. The wines are now very true to their origins, but have become a lot more elegant and refined than those of Denis have been in the past.
The domaine benefits from a great range of appellations mostly located on the commune of Gevrey-Chambertin, with a tiny parcel of 0.15ha of the king of wines: Chambertin. The estate possesses also some very interesting 1er Crus, well situated on the Combe de Lavaux part of Gevrey. The Gevrey Chambertin Village “Mes Cinq Terroirs” is a blend of different “super” Lieux Dits (Au Vellé, En Derée, En Motrot, Combe dessus, En Champs) planted with old vines. In good vintages, this wine could easily pass for a 1er Cru.
🍀 Lutte Raisonnée
10.8 Ha
THE WINES
Chambertin Grand Cru
Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Aux Beaux Bruns
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Champeaux
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St-Jacques
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Gevrey-Chambertin Village “Mes cinq Terroirs”
Fixin Village Camps Pennebaut
Marsannay Village Les Longerois
Bourgogne Pinot Noir “Cuvée de Noble Souche”
Bourgogne Chardonnay
Domaine Dugat-Py
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN
The Dugat family have been winegrowers in Gevrey-Chambertin since the beginning of the 17th century. Bernard Dugat and his son, Loîc are the 12th and 13th generations to continue the family’s wine-growing and making traditions that have been passed on through centuries.
The domaine is based in the buildings of the Aumônerie, in the old part of Gevrey-Chambertin, at the foot of the Combe de Lavaux, Very little remains of these buildings today, apart from the cellars, which were built in the 11th and 12th centuries, under directions from Aumônier (Abbot) Halinard. Continuing a nine hundred year tradition, Dugat-Py wines are aged from 18 to 24 months in these magnificent vaulted cellars.
The 10 hectares of Domaine Dugat-Py count some of the greatest terroirs of Gevrey and are planted with vines that are for the most part very old. Across the domaine the vines have an average age of 65 years. The key to success at Dugat-Py is without doubt in the vineyard, with exceptionally meticulous control of the work being the order of the day.
As winemakers the Dugat family follows Burgundian traditions and produces wines that are deeply coloured, rich, full-bodied and elegant. Their wines allow wine lovers to rediscover the style that contributed to the prestige and reputation of Burgundy wines that came before the 1970’s and 1980’s.
🌙 BIODYNAMIC
10 Ha
THE WINES
Le Chambertin Grand Cru
Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
Mazoyères-Chambertin Grand Cru
Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Champeaux
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St-Jacques
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Petite Chapelle
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot
Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Sous Fretille
Gevrey-Chambertin Les Evocelles
Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvée Coeur du Roi
Vosne-Romanée Village
Pommard Village
Meursault Village
Bourgogne Pinot Noir
Bourgogne Chardonnay
Domaine Jérome Galeyrand
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN
Jérôme Galeyrand is in his second career having found his true calling in the late 1990s after having done a vintage with Gevrey-Chambertin legend, Alain Burguet. Jérôme’s experience was so profound that he decided to leave his job as a cheesemaker in his native Loire and move to Burgundy to start winemaking studies. He eventually started his domaine in 2002 with a tiny plot of vine of only 0.05Ha. Since then, he has expanded the holdings to five hectares of mostly very old vines in the Côte de Nuits. He now produces wine from the appellations of Gevrey-Chambertin, Fixin, Marsannay, Côte de Nuits village, Bourgogne rouge and blanc aiming to deliver wines that speak of their place.
Jérôme puts most of his focus in the vineyards. He only uses copper, sulphur and herbal teas to treat the vines and plows regularly to maintain oxygen levels in the topsoil. The estate has been certified Biodynamic since 2015. The harvest is done by hand and followed by thorough sorting. Intuitive, Jérôme doesn't follow any given rules in the cellar and will adapt his approach in accordance with the vintage and the fruits harvested. The vinification is carried out with indigenous yeast only and wines are aged in barrels, 12 months for whites and 18 to 24 months for reds. The wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal addition of sulfur.
Jérôme’s wines are perfumed, precise, refined and elegant.
🌙 BIODYNAMIC
5.5 Ha
THE WINES
Bouzeron
Comblanchien "Les Retraits" Vieilles Vignes
Cotes de Nuits Villages "En Vignois"
Cotes de Nuits Villages Vieilles Vignes
Fixin "Champs de Vosger"
Gevrey Chambertin "En Croisettes" Vielles Vignes
Gevrey Chambertin "La Justice"
Marsannay "La Combe du Pré"
Marsannay "Les Champs Perdrix"
Bourgogne "Antonin"
Bourgogne "Le Cran"
Bourgogne "Aligotay"
Domaine Dujac
Morey-Saint-Denis
Created in the late 1960s, this is one of Burgundy’s most established superstars; a style that emphasizes whole cluster fermentation and high percentages of new oak, the wines here have gone from strength to strength over the last half century; an exemplary family-run domaine that sits at the very top of Burgundy’s qualitative pyramid.
THE WINES
Morey st Denis 1er Cru |
Morey st Denis blanc |
Morey st Denis rouge |
Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatieres |
Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts |
Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts |
Domaine Henri Felettig
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY
Gilbert and Christine form the second generation of wine grower on this relatively young estate. They succeeded their father and founder of the domaine, Henri Felettig who created the estate in the 1970s.
The Domaine of 12.5 heactares now comprises prestigious appellations such as Grand Cru les Echézeaux and many of the premier crus of Chambolle-Musigny.
Until recently, much of Felettig’s wine was sold to négociants, including the Dominique Laurent, Olivier Bernstein or even Domaine Dujac’s negociant operation, all of whom valued the careful, organic farming of Gilbert.
Now, however, Gilbert Felettig has found a style of his own in the winery, and the entire crop is domaine-bottled. The production is quite limited with only about 50,000 bottles produced per year.
The vines are farmed completely organically, the harvest is done manually and the fruit is sorted twice: once in the vineyards and then again at the cuverie. The fruit is then mostly de-stemmed and Gilbert uses around 10 to 50% new oak depending on the wine, with ageing lasting between 13 to 15 months. The new wine is then transferred by gravity to a bottling line where it is bottled without fining or filtrating.
Felettig wines are traditionally crafted, and very representative of a style of Chambolle that is not too unlike that of Domaine Roumier. It therefore comes as no surprise that Gilbert is universally seen as one of the rising stars in Burgundy.
🍀 ORGANIC
12.5 Ha
THE WINES
Echézeaux Grand Cru
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Carrières
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Combottes
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru les Feusselottes
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Lavrottes
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Gruenchers
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Fuées
Chambolle-Musigny Village
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Petits Monts
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Reignots
Vosne-Romanée Village
Nuits-Saint-Georges Village
Gevrey-Chambertin Village lieu-dit La Justice
Morey-Saint-Denis Village
Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux
VOSNE-ROMANÉE
Established in 1858, this Vosne Romanée estate has undergone significant changes over the past decade.
To start with, the name changed from Robert Arnoux to Arnoux-Lachaux, reflecting the fact that the wines have been made by Pascal Lachaux for some 20 years now and that he and his wife Florence Arnoux (daughter of Robert Arnoux) have run the domaine since 1995. Furthermore, Charles Lachaux, Pascal’s son, joined the domaine in late 2011 after graduating from his wine studies and having worked abroad (Oregon and New Zeland) and in Burgundy (Tollot-Beaut).
Although always good, the quality of the Domaine's wines has soared in recent vintages! In charge of the vinification since 2012 Charles has notably implemented whole bunch fermentation with a minimum of 40% whole clusters for most of the wines to a 100% whole cluster for the top wines. He also progressively reduced the amount of new oak used especially for the premier and grand crus. Furthermore, his vineyard work is inspired by that of his friend Olivier Lamy and that of Lalou Bize-Leroy. With great terroirs and a burning desire to improve and fine-tune every aspect of winemaking, this is an estate set on the road to stardom.
🍀 ORGANIC / 🌙 BIODYNAMIC
14.5 Ha
THE WINES
Echézeaux Grand Cru
Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru
Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Reignot
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots
Vosne-Romanée Les Maizières
Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Corvées-Pagets
Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru les Procès Les Poisets
Nuits-Saint Georges Village
Chambolle-Musigny Village
Bourgogne Pinot Noir
Domaine Sylvain Cathiard
VOSNE-ROMANÉE
The history of Domaine Sylvain Cathiard began in 1930 when Sylvain’s grandfather Alfred Cathiard who worked at Domaine de la Romanée Conti and at Lamarche was given a small plot in Vosne Romaneée. He soon enlarged his holdings by contracting numerous métayage agreements with the Thomas-Moillard family. During that time, Cathiard was only selling its production to négociants, but in the 50’s he and his son Andre started selling their wine under their name.
In the 1970’s Sylvain joined his father, they managed to acquire a parcel in the now very much sought after premier cru Aux Malconsorts, and in the 1980’s they further expanded their holdings with a plot in the premier cru les Suchots. Finally, in 1996 Sylvain acquired some of the Grand Cru Romanée Saint Vivant, which is the estate’s flagship wine. In 2005, Sylvain’s son Sébastien joined the family estate being the 4th generation of Cathiards working in here. Since 2011, Sébastien has been fully managing the estate.
The viticulture practices follow the Lutte Raisonnée principles: the vineyards are ploughed and the use of chemicals is minimised. Sébastien Cathiard prefers his wines to be little extracted and produces wines of riveting complexity and concentration. With the 2014 and 2015 vintages, he has firmly established the Cathiard name as one of the very best in all of Burgundy, and critics and winelovers alike can only look forward to the wines improving further during the next years.
🍀 Lutte Raisonnée
4 Ha
THE WINES
Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Malconsorts
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru En Orveaux
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Reignots
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots
Vosne-Romanée Village
Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Aux Thorey
Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers
Nuits-Saint-Georges Village
Chambolle-Musigny Village Le Clos de l’Orme
Bourgogne Pinot Noir
Domaine Forey Père et Fils
VOSNE-ROMANÉE
Domaine Forey was established in 1840 in Vosne-Romanée. A century later Regis Forey expanded the estate by acquiring parcels in the Grand Cru Echézeaux Grand Cru and the Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Gaudichots, which is a mythic 1er Cru most of which is now part of la Tâche.
Under Regis, there is minimal use of herbicides and pesticides that contributes to increase both the richness and complexity of the soil. After the manual harvest, the grapes go through a 3 to 4 days of cold maceration. The cuvaison continues for 3 to 4 weeks, and pigeage is practiced depending on the overall conditions of the vintage, then the wine is put into barrels for 16 to 20 months, there is only one racking during the period of élevage. He uses 80% of new oak on his Grands Crus but uses large barrels for his village wine to give better-integrated oak flavors to the wine. The wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered
The wines produced by Jean Forey (Regis’s father) were charming and full of elegance and finesse. Regis followed his father steps, he has, however, incorporated more masculinity and roundness into the wines leading to exceptional concentration and depth. On the palate his wines are an explosion of succulent fruit structured by the singular complexity of each terroir and a length that says a lot about the ageing potential.
🍀 Lutte Raisonnée
11 Ha
THE WINES
Clos De Vougeot Grand Cru
Echezeaux Grand Cru
Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Gaudichots
Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Petits Monts
Vosne Romanee Village
Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Perrieres
Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Saints Georges
Nuits Saint Georges Village
Morey Saint Denis 1er Cru
Morey Saint Denis Village
Bourgogne Rouge
Domaine Leroy
VOSNE-ROMANÉE
The success story of Leroy started in 1868 with Maison Leroy, a négociant business founded by François Leroy. Through the years it became more and more difficult to find growers with wines that met the strict standards worthy of the Maison Leroy label. Therefore, Lalou Bize-Leroy, François’ great-granddaughter, made the decision to expand Maison Leroy’s own vineyards. In 1988 she founded Domaine Leroy by purchasing, the estates of Charles Noellat in Vosne-Romanée and of Philippe-Rémy in Gevrey-Chambertin. In total Domaine Leroy now has close to 22 hectares and produces some of the greatest Burgundy wines.
The estate has been working biodynamically since the beginning, as Lalou Bize-Leroy has always been a firm believer in this philosophy. Their viticultural methods are meticulous and very demanding involving rigorous pruning, replacing each individual dead vine stock with a selection massale from the Domaine’s plants. At harvest, all bunches are thoroughly sorted and are put into tailor-made wooden fermentation vats that fit a specific parcel of vines. Every stage of the vinification is driven by the desire to preserve each terroir’s identity. The temperature of fermentation can reach 33C to allow more extraction of flavours, and only indigenous yeasts are in operation. The wine is then transferred to casks with its lees, reds and whites are all matured in new oak barrels. Wines are racked in the middle of their élevage, and are bottled without fining or filtering.
The wines produced here are undoubtedly the greatest in all of Burgundy. No other estate works so precisely in the vineyard and cellar, and produces wines of such admirable concentration and complexity. No matter whether it is a ‘mere’ village wine or a Grand Cru, these are some of the very best wines made in the world today.
21.9 Ha
🌙 BIODYNAMIC
THE WINES
Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Corton-Renardes Grand Cru
Richebourg Grand Cru
Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru
Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Musigny Grand Cru
Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru
Chambertin Grand Cru
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Combottes
Gevrey-Chambertin Village
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes
Chambolle-Musigny Les Fremières
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Vignerondes
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Boudots
Nuits-St-Georges Aux Allots
Nuits-St-Georges Aux Lavrières
Nuits-St-Georges Au Bas de Combe
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Brûlées
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaumonts
Vosne-Romanée Les Genaivrières
Volnay-Santenots 1er Cru Les Santenots du Milieu
Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Les Narbantons
Pommard Les Vignots
Pommard Les Trois Follots
Auxey-Duresses Les Lavières
Bourgogne Aligoté
Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg
VOSNE-ROMANÉE
Until the summer of August 2009 there were two domaines, Mugneret-Gibourg and Dr Georges Mugneret. The former was created in 1933 following the marriage of André Mugneret, from an old Vosne-Romanée family, and Jeanne Gibourg in 1928. Their son, Dr Georges Mugneret, who was a pharmacist by trade, purchased further vineyards, thus enlarging the family’s holdings. The Mugneret-Gibourg vines were looked after by sharecroppers, which remained the case until recently, with some of the domaine’s vines having been looked after by Fabrice Vigot and Pascal Mugneret. The Dr Georges Mugneret vines are worked by the domaine itself and Fabrice Vigot’s lease has come to a close as well.. After Dr Georges early death in 1988 the domaine was run by his widow, Jacqueline and their daughters, Marie-Christine and Marie-Andrée.
The wines made by Marie-Andrée and Marie-Christine are some of the most refined and elegant in the Côte, and have long been incredibly hard to find.
8.9 Ha
THE WINES
Echézeaux Grand Cru
Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Feusselottes
Nuit-st-Georges 1er Cru Les Vignes Rondes
Nuit-st-Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots
Nuit-st-Georges Village
Vosne-Romanée Village
Bourgogne Rouge
Domaine Cécile Tremblay
VOSNE-ROMANÉE
Cécile Tremblay, grandniece of the emblematic Henri Jayer, descends from a long line of vignerons but has rapidly succeeded to make a name for herself in the world of wine. She is now considered by numerous critics to be Burgundy’s next super star following in the footsteps of the region’s grande dame: Lalou-Bize Leroy.
Three hectares in the Côte de Nuits were passed down to Cécile through the two branches of her family, Jayer and Mugneret, both from Vosne-Romanée. Tremblay first bottled wines in 2003 and in a very short period of time her small production cuvees became sought after by the best restaurants of Paris.
The Domaine‘s range of appellations is very small, but its holdings are in the best locations. Two wines are bottled from Vosne-Romanée, including an outstanding village cuvée. The primary source for this wine are 45-50 year old vines in the lieu-dit Les Jacquines, but also included fruit from a tiny parcel (0.23 ha.) of 40 year old vines in the premier cru Les Rouges du Dessus. A more perfumed and powerfully structured wine is made from 75 years old vines in the large premier cru Les Beaux Monts.
In Chambolle-Musigny, Cécile owns half hectare of 50 years old vines in the premier cru Les Feusselottes and some village level plots. Another parcel of 50 year old vines in the Grand Cru Chapelle-Chambertin (0.40 ha.) produces one of her greatest wines, rivalled only by her Echézeaux, which is routinely one of the very best wines from that vineyard..
Cécile’s winemaking is incredibly meticulous, and indeed it is difficult to think of another winemaker who is so thoughtful and careful in what they are doing in the cellar as she is. Unsurprisingly, given the quality of her wines, these have become incredibly rare and hard to find.
🍀 ORGANIC / 🌙 BIODYNAMIC
12.5 Ha
THE WINES
Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru
Echézeaux Grand Cru
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru les Feusselottes
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Rouges du Dessus
Vosne-Romanée Village “Vieilles Vignes”
Moree-Saint-Denis Village
Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Aux Murgers
Nuits-Saint-Georges Village
Bourgogne Pinot Noir
Maison Benjamin Leroux
BEAUNE
Some of the wine-world’s leading critics have called Benjamin Leroux the successor of the great Henri Jayer. Whilst Benjamin himself does not believe such praise to be justified, his knowledge about wine and most of all about the finer points of terroir characteristics runs deep. After establishing his name by leading Domaine Comte Armand Clos des Epeneaux for eight years, Leroux started his négociant business in 2007 to make wines under his own label. The range is confined to the Cote d’Or, ranging Chassagne-Montrachet in the south to Gevrey-Chambertin in the north.
He carefully selects his growers and exerts maximum control over them, converting as many of them as possible to organic and biodynamic practices.
His wines are youthful and expressive, with transparent expressions of each underlying terroir.
🍀 ORGANIC / 🌙 BIODYNAMIC
Domaine Jean & Gilles Lafouge
AUXEY-DURESSES
Jean & Gilles Lafouge are the 6th generation of winemakers to run this small family Domaine, which is regularly cited as one of the top Domaines of the Appellation. Gilles has now fully taken over the reins, but his father, in typical Burgundian fashion, still works in the vineyards.
Vineyard work is meticulous, virtually organic with minimal chemicals, organic fertiliser and regular airing of the soil. Harvest is all by hand and sorting severe. Vinification includes cold soaking for up to 2-3 weeks and ageing is all in oak barrels with the premier crus benefiting with up to 40-50% new oak depending on the vintage.
🍀 LUTTE RAISONNÉE
6 Ha
THE WINES
Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru Climat du Val
Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru La Chapelle
Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru Les Duresses
Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru Les Ecussaux
Auxey-Duresses Village Rouge
Auxey-Duresses Village Blanc
Pommard 1er Cru Les Chanlins-Bas
Pommard Village
Meursault Village
Bourgogne Pinot Noir Grand Ordinaire
Bourgogne Aligoté
Coteaux Bourguignons
Domaine Henri Boillot
MEURSAULT
The Boillot family has been making wine in Burgundy since 1885. Henri is the third generation to produce wines from the domaine. The domaine itself under the name “Domaine Henri Boillot” has only been in existence since 2005 – when Henri bought out his brother and sister and renamed the domaine from “Domaine Jean Boillot” to “Domaine Henri Boillot” to avoid confusion with his brother’s estate “Jean Marc Boillot”.
Henri’s son, Guillaume joined the domaine in 2008. In 2012, he became the head of viniculture and took over the vinification of the red wines. Father and son are now working hand in hand.
Today, Domaine Henri Boillot consists of 19 hectares of vineyard, roughly equally planted with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The holdings count a notable number of 1er crus in Meursault, Chassagne-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet, and Volnay, and include the Clos de la Mouchère, a walled-enclave monopole within the Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Les Perrières. The 2017 vintage saw the arrival of two new parcels of Grand Cru red, in Échezeaux and Latricières Chambertin.
In the vineyard Henri and Guillaume farm sustainably, avoiding artificial pesticides and herbicides. Vineyard work is meticulous throughout the year to maintain low yields and to achieve perfect ripeness and natural balance of the fruits when harvest comes.
A thorough sorting is done in the vineyard during harvest. Pinot Noir grapes are mostly destemmed, crushed and go through a cold soaked before a fairly long fermentation in oak. The Chardonnays are very gently crushed in a vertical press to avoid bitter flavours and fermented in 350-liter barrels to preserve the purity and freshness of the fruit. Most wines are aged for 18 months in barrels and bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Whilst Boillot is famous for his world-class whites, the hard work of Guillaume to improve their red wines is paying off. In recent years, the domaine has been bottling some of the finest white and red wines of the Cote.
🍀 Lutte Raisonnée
19 Ha
THE WINES
Batard Montrachet Grand Cru
Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Echezeaux Grand Cru
Latricières Chambertin Grand Cru
Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes
Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevriéres
Meursault Village
Pommard 1er Cru Clos Blanc
Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Mouchère
Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets
Volnay 1er Cru Les Chevrets
Volnay 1er Cru Les Fremiets
Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots
Henri Germain et Fils
MEURSAULT
Based in Meursault the domaine was set up by Henri Germain in 1973. It’s now his son, Jean-François Germain, who manages the 7 hectares of vineyard spread around Meursault, Chassagne-Montrachet and Beaune.
The admiration that Germain receives on the Côte itself speaks volumes about the quality of his wines. Producers in our portfolio like Olivier Lamy, Thierry Pillot, Charles Lachaux and Benjamin Leroux have regularly made the claim that the wines of Jean-François Germain are the best in Meursault!
The Germain methods are very traditional with organic farming, low yields and cellar work that keeps interference to a minimum. The vinification is minimalist in the extreme with no added yeasts, no enzymes and not even any bâtonnage. If the lees are sufficiently clean, the wines are never racked and the élevage lasts 18 months for the village wines and a full 22 months for the remaining wines. Importantly, the wines see little new oak, usually between 20-30%.
🍀 Organic
7 Ha
THE WINES
Beaune 1er Cru Bressandes
Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot
Meursault
Benoit Chevallier
Vosne-Romanée
THE WINES
Bourgogne en Luteniere |
Nuits st Georges 1er Cru Aux Boudots |
Nuits st Georges Aux Lavieres |
Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts |
Vosne Romanee |
Domaine Bachelet-Monnot
DEZIZE-LES-MARANGES
In 2005, Marc and Alexandre Bachelet created Domaine Bachelet-Monnot from the union of the vineyards held by their father and their uncle.
The two brothers farm just over twenty hectares of vines. The white holdings include 1.3 hectares of Bourgogne in Puligny (30 feet from the edge of the AOC), some very well situated, old vine villages, small holdings in both Les Folatières and Les Referts and a tiny plot of Bâtard Montrachet from that vineyard’s coolest upper reaches. The red wines, all within Santenay and Maranges, comprise a Bourgogne Rouge from declassified village sites, two Maranges 1er Cru; Clos de la Boutiere and La Fussière and an old vine parcel in Santenay Les Charmes. In so often forgotten appellations such as Maranges and Santenay it is fascinating to see what a new pair of well-travelled eyes, an innate understanding of each vineyard’s terroir and instinctive winegrowing talent can produce.
The Bachelet brothers adopt an unforced, labour-intensive approach to achieve their goals of naturally balanced and precise wines. In the vineyards, no herbicide is used and the rows are ploughed regularly to manage weeds, aerate the soil, and cut the horizontal roots to encourage deep growth. In the cellar, the percentage of new barrels used is roughly 25%; the wine is aged for twelve months before being racked into tank (or, in the case of the reds, concrete vats) for another six to eight months of ageing on the lees before bottling.
Bachelet-Monnot has been captivating the wine world right from the start and with each subsequent release outdoing the last it’s a domaine to keep an eye on!
🍀 Organic
20 Ha
THE WINES
Batard Montrachet Grand Cru
Maranges 1er Cru Clos de la Boutiere (red)
Maranges 1er Cru La Fussiere
Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatieres
Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts
Puligny Montrachet
Chassagne Montrachet
Bourgogne Blanc
Domaine Lamy-Caillat
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET
Domaine Lamy-Caillat was born from the union of two bourguignons: Sébastien Caillat and Florence Lamy. Deeply rooted in Chassagne-Montrachet this “micro-domaine” of 1.2 hectare only grows Chardonnay.
The desire of Sébastien and Florence to get back to basics influences their vinification methods, which are both natural and traditional. Each one of their cuvees requires a very long period of maturation in cold, damp cellars (the wines are aged in barrels for around 2 years). Once the maturation process is complete, wines are hand bottles directly from the barrel with no filtration.
🍀 Organic
1.2 Ha
THE WINES
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Champs Gains
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanée
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets
Chassagne-Montrachet Village
Bernard Moreau et Fils
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET
Chassagne-Montrachet is quickly establishing itself as Burgundy’s most exciting village for white winemaking. With a host of younger vignerons who keep improving their wines year in, year out it is a village that is completely redefining it’s reputation. One of the pioneers of this movement is Domaine Bernard Moreau’s Alexandre Moreau. Since he took over the family estate, he’s continuously improved the winemaking, whilst remaining very traditional in his approach.
Today, alongside a handful of other domaines he’s without doubt one of the greatest makers of white Burgundy around.
🍀 Organic
14 Ha
THE WINES
Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Maltroie
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chenevottes
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Champgains
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos Saint Jean
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Grandes Ruchottes
Chassagne-Montrachet Village
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Cardeuse
Chassagne-Montrachet Village
Bourgogne Chardonnay
Vincent Dancer
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET
Vincent is one of a small group of young growers passionate about good wine who are gradually taking back their family vines. Having grown up in Alsace, Vincent Dancer only went to Burgundy after having studied engineering, upon the suggestion of his father. The family owned some vines there that were rented out to cousins at the time.
From his organically managed 5 hectares of vines spread over the Meursault, Chassagne-Montrachet and Pommard appellations Vincent crafts 12 to 13 different wines every year, making only 1 to 5 barrels of each.
In the cellar Vincent follows the philosophy of minimal intervention. Wines are left on their owns to age in barrels for about 12 month and then they sit in stainless steel tanks for another 6 months before gravitation bottling without filtration.
True perfectionist Vincent won’t put his name on anything unless he is 100% happy with it. In 1999, for example, yields for his Pommard Villages were slightly too high, resulting in a wine that did not quite come up to his own high standards, so he sold it off to a local négociant. Vincent creates wines displaying finesse, minerality and purity. Each cuvee is a true reflection of its terroir.
🍀 ORGANIC
5 Ha
THE WINES
Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanee
Meursault Les Grands Charrons
Pommard 1er Cru Les Pezerolles
Bourgogne Blanc
Domaine Paul Pillot
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET
The Domaine dates back to the second half of the 19th century when Thierry’s great-grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Pillot, decided to concentrate on viticulture rather than barrel making, having done both for some time previously. The reputation of this Chassagne-Montrachet domaine has long been better than solid, but since Thierry Pillot joined his father Paul in the winery in 1999 there has been an incremental but notable shift upwards in quality. It was Paul who really extended the holdings of the domaine and bought many of the vineyards which the domaine is famous for now, such as Caillerets and Grandes Ruchottes. Thierry and his sister Chrystelle now fully run the 13-hectare domaine.
Attention to detail is both evident and crucial. Thierry is known to use minimal amount of new oak on the wines to allow the full expression of the different terroirs. Wines have a beautifully balanced acidity with a clean, vibrant mineral character.
13 Ha
THE WINES
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanée
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Grandes Ruchottes
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Caillerets
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Grande Montagne
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Champs Gains
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos St-Jean
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos St-Jean (red)
Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes (red)
Chassagne-Montrachet Mazures
St-Aubin 1er Cru le Charmois
St-Aubin Les Pitures
Santenay Vieilles Vignes
Bourgogne Blanc
Domaine Hubert Lamy
SAINT-AUBIN
Domaine Hubert Lamy is located in Saint-Aubin, between Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. Hubert Lamy built the estate in the 1980s and his son, Olivier is one of the leading figures of quality-focused winemakers of the younger generation. It is largely his work that established the reputation of Saint-Aubin as a reference for fantastic, attractively priced white Burgundies that have little to envy their more famous neighbours.
The estate is composed of 17 hectares, spread over the communes of St-Aubin, Chassagne Montrachet, Puligny Montrachet and Santenay. With wines such as the premier Cru En Remilly, which is located right next to the Chevalier Montrachet and Montrachet Grand Crus, or Murgers des Dents de Chien, Olivier shows that great viticulture can produce wines of outstanding quality, no matter where they come from.
Vines are planted at a high density, to limit the yields and increase the level of maturity and concentration, which is a capital factor in a late ripening area such as Saint-Aubin. The vineyards are farmed more or less organically, but Olivier is not seeking certification since he may wish to use an occasional non-organic treatment for a mildew or oidium. For the whites, Olivier retains all the lees and after pressing and the wines are directly transferred into barrels for fermentation. Unlike most winemakers, Olivier resorts to 600L casks rather than traditional 228L barrels, and tries to minimise the effect of wood with only 20 % new oak used to fully express the minerality of Saint-Aubin’s terroir.
🍀 LUTTE RAISONNÉE
16.75 Ha
THE WINES
Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Chassagne-Montrachet Grand Cru
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Macherelles
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chaumées
Chassagne-Montrachet La Goujonne (red)
Chassagne-Montrachet La Concis du Champ
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Clos de la Chatenière (white)
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Clos de Meix (white)
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Derrière chez Édouard (white)
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Frionnes (white)
1er Cru Les Murgers des Dents de Chien (white)
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly (white)
Saint-Aubin La Princée (white)
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Castets (red)
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Derrière chez Édouard (red)
Saint-Aubin Village (red)
Puligny-Montrachet Les Tremblots
Santenay Clos des Hâtes
Bourgogne Chardonnay
Jean-Marc Vincent
SANTENAY
Located in Santenay, Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent was established by Jean-Marc and his wife Anne-Marie in 1997. The couple has been gradually retrieving the vineyards of Vincent’s grandfather that were rented out via metayage agreements. Today the estate counts 6 hectares over the appellations of Santenay, Auxey-Duresses, Saint-Aubin, Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet.
Training his canopies higher and rolling them, planting at high densities—up to 17,000 vines per hectare—, Vincent is proudly inspired by Saint-Aubin visionary Olivier Lamy, and his work in the vines translates to exceptional energy and concentration in the glass.
All grapes are harvested by hand, with several passes through the vineyard to pick grapes at optimal maturity. The reds see a classic cuvaison—of de-stemmed or whole cluster fruit depending on the vintage and vineyard—followed by élevage in 30% to 40% new wood for a minimum of 15 months. Whites are pressed long and comparatively firmly, followed by fermentation and élevage of increasingly prolonged duration in wood. All appellations are treated with the same meticulous care!
Characterised by an intense expression of individual terroir and a solid structure all of Jean-Marc Vincent’s wines are a testament to the importance of vigneron talent in a given appellation.
While a great vigneron can make over-achievers from any appellation, a great appellation will never live up to its reputation in the hands of mediocrity.
🍀 ORGANIC
6 Ha
THE WINES
Santenay 1er Cru Les Gravières Rouge
Santenay 1er Cru Le Passetemps Rouge
Santenay 1er Cru Le Beaurepaire Blanc
Auxey Duresses Les Hautés
Bourgogne Blanc
Jean-Marc et Thomas Bouley
Volnay
Thomas Bouley is part of a small group of vignerons that includes Olivier Lamy, Jean-Marc Vincent, Bruno Lorenzon and Charles Lachaux, who are positively obsessed with viticulture and producing wines that are true to their origin. It’s no wonder then, that Bouley’s vineyards are among the most immaculate and well-kept in all of Burgundy and that the wines are pure, beguilingly aromatic and yet still manage to combine drinkability with a seriousness and ability to age that are rarely seen.
THE WINES
Pommard 1er Cru Les Fremiers |
Volnay Clos de la Cave |
Volnay VV |
Domaine Guillot Broux
Cruzille
A domaine on a mission. Aiming to restore the great terroirs of Cruzille that have been abandoned after phylloxera, the Guillot family have been practicing organic farming since decades. Over the years, this estate grew from 1ha to 17ha and has not only re-claimed many of its vineyards back from nature, but also experiments with high density, en foule planting of un-grafted vines. Stylistically, these wines are incredibly concentrated, with plenty of dry extract and a capacity to age that few other producers in the Maconnais manage to achieve.
THE WINES
La Myotte Rouge |
Macon Cruzille Rouge |
Macon Cruzille le Clos |
Macon Cruzille le Clos |
Macon Cruzille le Clos de la Mollepierre |
Macon Cruzille les Beaumont |
Macon Cruzille les Genevrieres |
Macon Cruzille les Perrieres |
Puilly Fuisse La Roche |
Domaine François Raveneau
CHABLIS
Domaine Raveneau is arguably the greatest estate in Chablis. Quantities produced have always been minuscule and comes from the village’s top vineyards. The domaine’s holdings include three grand cru vineyards (Blanchot, Les Clos, and Valmur) and a selection of premier crus (Montée de Tonnerre, Les Vaillons, Butteaux, Chapelot, Mont-Mains, and Forêt).
The domaine’s creation dates back to 1948, when François Raveneau consolidated his holdings with his wife’s parcels. François Raveneau built the reputation of this estate thanks to his inimitable style and an incredible consistency in quality. His son, Jean-Marie Raveneau began working at the domaine in 1978, officially taking the reins from François in 1988. Jean-Marie’s older brother, Bernard, only returned to work for the family domaine in 1995. Today, they have a loosely divided split between them, with Jean-Marie in the vineyards and Bernard in the cellar—a division that will seemingly be continued by Jean-Marie’s son Maxime and Bernard’s daughter Isabelle.
The Raveneau family harvests their entire crop by hand, something of a rarity in Chablis. Fermentation is carried out with indigenous yeast in stainless-steel-vats. Once the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations are done, the wines are racked off their lees and put in used barrels for 18 months, keeping only fine lees. After this ageing process, the wines are transferred back to stainless-still-vats for about 6 month before being bottled. The domaine often waits a further 6 months after bottling before releasing the wines.
Domaine Raveneau is undoubtedly the source of Chablis's greatest wines.
🍀 LUTTE RAISONNÉE
9,5 Ha
THE WINES
Chablis Grand Cru Valmur
Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot
Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons
Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux
Petit Chablis
Jean Claude Bessin
CHABLIS
Jean-Claude Bessin’s Cellar lies underneath the church in La Chapelle Vaupelteigne.
Though trained as an architect, Jean-Claude Bessin preferred to take over the vineyards of his father-in-law, who was a member of the cooperative. From his 12 hectares he produces Chablis vieilles vignes, Chablis Montmains premier cru, Chablis Fourchaume premier cru and Chablis Valmur grand cru. A special cuvée of Fourchaume is labeled as La Pièce au Comte.
Evolution in recent years has been towards more natural winemaking, in the vineyard he aims to limit the yield of the old vines (45-50 hl/ha) and most of the crop is now harvested by hand. Natural yeasts are preferred for the fermentation. The wines have a long élevage on fine lees, the crus being bottles after 15 to 18 months, with a proportion of barrel fermentation and maturation for the top wines.
🍀 ORGANIC / 🌙 BIODYNAMIC
12 Ha
THE WINES
Valmur Grand Cru
Fourchaume 1er Cru
Fourchaume Vieilles Vignes
Montmains 1er Cru
La pièce au Comte
Chablis Village
Bruno Lorenzon
MERCUREY
Bruno Lorenzon took over the family-owned domaine from his parents in 1997. Assisted by his sister, Carline, Bruno runs this Mercurey domaine with precision and passion.
The vines here are trained higher than his neighbors' and farmed organically. Not unlike Olivier Lamy or Jean-Marc Vincent he has also long been an advocate of higher density planting and rolled canopies to have naturally lower yields and less juice in each grape. With grapes grown in such a perfectionist manner, in the cellar, attention is paid to every detail to safeguard the wines' finesse and precision. Bruno is for instance the only producer in Burgundy apart from DRC or DUJAC that we know of who dries his own wood for his barrels. A detail that shows how far he pushes things towards his idea of perfection.
Bruno’s wines are pure, elegant, and have that special textural dimension that wines made from grapes grown in this manner often possess. On top of this, they have great terroir-transparency, allowing tasters to entirely re-discover the differences between Mercurey’s underestimated crus. The wines are at a level rivaling those of great producers of the Côte d’Or!
🍀 ORGANIC
7 Ha
THE WINES
Mercurey Pièce 13
Mercurey 1er Cru Champs Martin Rouge
Mercurey le Chapitre Rouge
Mercurey Pièce 15
Mercurey 1er Cru Champs Martin Blanc
Mercurey 1er Cru Clos Baraults Blanc
Montagny 1er Cru Truffières
Bourgogne Blanc Clos Alfred
Domaine Vincent Dureuil-Janthial
RULLY
The domaine grows 20 appellations split between the Côte Chalonnaise, Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits. The Pinot Noirs are 100% de-stemmed and go through a cold maceration. After fermentation the red wines are aged in barrel (1/3 new wood) for 12 months. No cold maceration is implemented on the whites and only 25% of new oak is used. Vincent’s commitment to excellence has made him become one of the great producers of white Burgundy, who have somewhat stayed under the radar.
🍀 Organic
17 Ha
THE WINES
Rully Blanc 1er Cru Meix Cadot Vieilles Vignes
Rully Blanc 1er Cru Margotés
Rully Blanc 1er Cru Chapitre
Rully Rouge 1er Cru
Rully Village Blanc Maizières
Rully Blanc Village
Rully Village Rouge Maizières
Rully Village Rouge En Guesnes
Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Champs Gains
Mercurey Village Rouge
Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Clos des Argillières
Nuits Saint Georges Village
Bourgogne Pinot Noir
Bourgogne Chardonnay
Bourgogne Aligoté
Bourgogne Passetoutgrain
Domaine de la Bongran (Jean Thévenet)
VIRÉ-CLESSÉ (MÂCONNAIS)
The estate of Bongran consists now of 15 hectares grown on clay with white marl subsoils. Jean Thevenet's father originally owned a few acres in the area; after realising the terroir's potential, he started buying surrounding plots from his neighbors. Jean learnt from his father to spot and appreciate a good terroir but also all the vinification methods he still uses to this day.
He is a firm believer of organic viticulture and minimal intervention winemaking; Along with Marcel Lapierre and Pierre Overnoy, he helped the development of organic viticulture and natural wine throughout France in the early 80’s.
Jean Thévenet wines are undoubtedly some of the most unique expressions of Chardonnay being made today. The wines' natural fermentation and ageing usually takes close to two years, at which time it is bottled and held in the Thévenet's cellar, to be released at their discretion. Grapes here mature much later than the norm, and produce wines that are naturally high in alcohol, rich in body, bright in minerality, acidity and invariably has traces of residual sugar. This creates incredible food pairings possibilities with richer dishes and cheeses. The wines also age incredibly and have been called “poor man’s DRC Montrachet” by some of the world’s leading wine critics.
🍀 ORGANIC
15 Ha
THE WINES
Cuvée “Botrytis"
Cuvée "Levroutee" Viré-Clessé
Cuvée EJ Thévenet
Cuvée EJ Thévenet Viré-Clessé
Domaine Benjamin Roblot
Chambolle-Musigny
•Benjamin Roblot originally trained as an engineer before taking back control of the family’s vineyards in Chambolle
•With holdings in Chambolle’s finest terroirs vineyards, and the ambition to produce serious vins de garde, Roblot will undoubtedly become one of the village’s most sought-after talents
•Viticulture is organic, and extremely careful; in 2021 he wasn’t satisfied with the quality of the crop and sold his entire production to the négoce; a rarely seen level of commitment to quality
🍀 Organic
2.5Ha
THE WINES
Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru"Les Amoureuses"
Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru"Les Fuees"
Marsannay la cote" Au Potey"
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