This is an exciting new domaine that owes its origins to Simon’s grandfather Michel Colin, who split his domaine in two stages between his sons Philippe and Bruno.
This is an exciting new domaine that owes its origins to Simon’s grandfather Michel Colin, who split his domaine in two stages between his sons Philippe and Bruno.
Although the Georges Glantenay estate goes back five generations, their history as a estate-bottler of fine Burgundy is more recent. Prior to 2014 when the current generation, Brother-Sister team of Guillaume and Sarah Glantenay took over, most of the production was sold either as grapes or as wine in bulk
Jean-Baptiste Boudier’s training took him from Beaune’s viticultural school to New Zealand and Roussillon, with 2 years studying oenology in Bordeaux, including 6 months at Château Haut-Brion. It was during the 2014 harvest that he worked for the first time alongside his father at the family`s Pernand-Vergelesses Domaine. Their different visions of wine soon became apparent and they mutually decided that Jean-Baptiste deserved a chance to experiment on his own.
Benoît Moreau werkte twintig jaar op het domein van vader Bernard Moreau waar hij voor de kelder en de wijnstokken zorgde.
In 2020 scheidde hij zich van zijn broer Alexandre en zette een handelsactiviteit op in afwachting van de exploitatie van zijn eigen wijnstokken. Gepassioneerd door biodynamiek wil Benoît heel ver gaan in zijn landbouwpraktijken: hij bewerkt de wijngaarden met lichte machines zodat ze voldoende zuurstof kunnen opnemen en verzorgt zijn wijnstokken zoveel mogelijk met de hand.
Justine Boxler and François Petit, in possession of several hectares of very old vineyards with an exceptional location in AVIZE, created Champagne La Rogerie in 2016 in the old cellars of François' grandparents. Justine's roots are in Alsace, his in Avize.
This family domain has a total of 15.50 hectares of vineyards, including 10 hectares of Grand Cru in the municipalities of Ambonnay, Bouzy and Verzenay. Furthermore, 2 hectares planted with Pinot Meunier in the 1er Cru Vrigny and 3.25 hectares in Trigny from which the cuvée Les Prémisses is made.
If you do not use herbicides, do not fertilize the soil, work the soil by plowing it regularly and thus promote life in it, only then can you speak of 'terroir'...