The founder of what became CMO was Romain Jausset, the father-in-law of Seraphin Sabon, who inherited the parcels Jausset had bought. The next generation was Joseph Sabon, who introduced us to Chateauneuf-du-Pape. In the early 90ies he was one of the ”papets” – the older generation – sitting on a bench at the fountain together […]
Domaine de l’Oratore Saint-Martin cultivates 20 ha of red and 5 ha of white, red grapes including Grenache 55%, Mouvèdre 30%, Syrah 10%, Vaccarèse 3% and Counoise 2%. The 25 ha estate is now run by Frédéric and Francois, pére et fils. Most of their vines are in the steepest sector of Carianne, the quartier […]
Jean-Claude and Evelyne started out in 1989 reworking their vineyard and renovating their estate, located in La Chapelle Vaupelteigne midway between Poinchy and Villy on D131. They aim at making classic, mineral-inflected Chablis with finesse and complexity reflecting the terroir of their holdings. Vineyard holdings include 5.3 ha of Chablis vieilles vignes (40-55 years old), […]
The Grossots cultivate 18 ha of Chablis vineyards centered in the village of Fleys. Two thirds of their production is Chablis AOC, while one third is PC including la Fourchaume, Mont de Milieu, Les Fourneaux and Vaucoupin on the north/right side of Serein and Côte de Troëmes on the left side. Grapes are hand-harvested, and […]
The family Vaudoisey settled in Volnay in 1804. Christophe and his wife, Laurence, took over the domaine from his father, Bernard Vaudoisey, in 1985. Subsequently, he has put a lot of energy into “valoriser un vignoble transmis de générations en générations et se dote en 2008 d’une nouvelle cuverie en bas du village”. In 2012 […]
When the N6 turns round the Mont-Rachet hill, you come to the village of Gamay, which sits at the bottom of the hill. Its vines are all classed as St. Aubin. Further up the N6, you find the village of Saint-Aubin on your right. Due to high levels of quality and fair prices, this was […]
Our first acquaintance with the wines from Savigny les Beaune dates back to the early 1990ies. At that time, we found the wines over extracted and a bit rustic with the exception of the wines from Domaine Simon Bize and Domaine Maurice Écard. However, the wines from the highly ranked Domaine jean-Marc Pavelot (La Dominode […]
Volnay is a very quiet village with some 300 inhabitants, located at the top of its vineyards. We often bring food and wine for lunch and take the steep street up to the top of the hill upon which Volnay is placed. From here you have a panoramic view towards the Alpes. Several fine and […]
Founded in 1723, the domaine is now in the hands of the 10th generation, Jean-Louis Bouillot-Monnier and his wife, daughter of the late René Monnier together with Xavier Monnot, a grandson of René Monnier, who seems to be a skilfull winemaker. This is a large domaine by Burgundy standards, totaling 18 ha, 10 of which […]
Ladoix faces a problem similar to Monthélie, much of the village wine is relatively ungenerous and rarely exiting. Add to this, that its best vineyard sites due to similarity in their soils are entitled to be called Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru or Corton Charlemagne in case of Chardonnay, and Corton or Le Rognet en Corton if […]