Many argue that Île des Vergelesses should be classified as a Grand Cru. It’s true that in the best years, with it’s eastern exposure and mid-slope location, it behaves as a Grand Cru. Chandon de Briailles has a healthy three hectares planted to pinot noir, located in an area with a nice slope, and...

This cuvée comes from four parcels which total 1.12 hectare, situated mid-slope and spread in homogenous fashion over the whole appellation, giving a nice typicity of Bressandes. The soils are deep and made up in equal parts of limestone and clay, giving the wine lovely balance and great length on...

Clos du Roi, one of the most famous vineyards of Corton, is just below the Le Corton lieu-dit of Corton Charlemagne, a terroir high on the hillside, very steep and made up of clay-limestone marls containing a little sand and little topsoil. Claude describes it as a chance to taste Charlemagne as a...

From a .6 hectare parcel with a limestone soil that used to be planted to Pinot Noir and blended into the Savigny Villages Rouge.

Mid-slope and predominantly limestone. Lavières comes from the word “lave” which in this case has no volcanic reference, but was the term used in the past to describe the flat limestone tiles used to cover the roofs. In fact, these famous stones are found here in the sub-soil. The vines are more...

The Fournaux vineyard is classified as 1er cru and village depending on the parcel. Chandon used to make a Fournaux 1er Cru, but as of 2018, they started to blend two thirds 1er Cru fruit with one third village level to make a 'super' Savigny village, preferring this blend to making two different...

This parcel is 1/4 of a hectare, planted in 1956 and 1994. Fermented and aged in demi-muids on the lees (no stirring) for twelve months.

From a .93 hectare parcel planted in 1979 to 1983, located just below the village of Meursault. Fermented and aged in demi-muids on the lees (no stirring) for 12 months.   

A top "climat" of Meursault. The vines are twenty-five to sixty years old. Fermented and aged in demi-muids on the lees (no stirring) for twelve months.

The 1er Cru Bois Chevaux sits mid-slope, facing east below the Clos Saint Pierre (monopole of Thenard) in a red, iron-rich soil. The vines are sixty to eighty years-old. Grapes are destemmed and fermentation (spontaneous, natural yeasts) takes place in large, wooden open top fermenters that are...

Ampelopsis is only made in the best years and is a barrel selection that comes from four different terroirs. Like the other wines, it's fermented and aged in neutral barrels. The wine is aged a full year longer than the other Pouilly-Fuisse, for a total of 20-22 months.

Vaudevey is located in the valley situated behind the Côte de Léchet. Brocard has four hectares on a very steep slope with east exposure. It's one of the coldest sites of all of the 1er Cru. It spends 12-13 months in large foudres. It has a richness to it and finishes with a lean and salty finish. 

Boissonneuse is a single holding of 11 hectares and the first parcel that Julien began farming following biodynamic agriculture back in 1998. The parcel is on a hillside beside the village of Préhy and contains kimmeridgian soil of exceptionally high quality, with very fine minerals.The 30 year-old...

From 50 year-old vines with southern exposure.  Fermented and aged for 14 months on lees in foudres.