Yann Durieux's Recrue des Sens makes wines with no added sulphur and no other cellar additions, fermenting with native yeasts. The bottlings sit at the zero-zero, low-sulfite end of Burgundy's natural-wine spectrum.
Tip: Low-sulfite wines are sensitive to heat and travel; buy from a temperature-controlled natural-wine merchant and drink within a few years.
Address: Villers-la-Faye, 21700 Cote de Nuits, France, Burgundy
Yann Durieux founded Recrue des Sens in 2010 after a decade at Prieure-Roch. He farms biodynamically and makes low-intervention wines from Aligote and Pinot Noir with native yeasts and no additions, a reference for natural Burgundy.
Tip: Allocations are tiny and move through natural-wine specialists; the Aligote cuvee Love and Pif is the calling card.
Jean-Louis Trapet converted the family Gevrey-Chambertin estate to biodynamics in the 1990s and is among the rare Burgundian domaines to hold both Demeter and Biodyvin biodynamic certification, alongside Ecocert organic status.
Tip: Trapet is one of the few estates carrying both biodynamic certifications; the village Gevrey and Marsannay are the accessible entry to the range.
Chateau de Pommard farms its monopole Clos Marey-Monge in Pommard, certified organic since 2019 and Demeter biodynamic from the 2021 vintage. The walled clos is one of the largest single-owner vineyards on the Cote de Beaune.
Tip: The estate runs structured tastings and stays in Pommard village; ask for the Clos Marey-Monge monopole flight to taste the biodynamic clos plot by plot.
Founded in 1717 by Claude Leflaive in Puligny-Montrachet, the domaine trialled biodynamic farming from 1990 under Anne-Claude Leflaive and converted its full holding, earning Biodyvin certification in 1998. Holdings include parcels in Le Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet, Batard-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet alongside premier cru Pucelles, Clavoillon and Folatieres.
Tip: Leflaive's Macon and Bourgogne Blanc bottlings are the affordable way into a biodynamic house better known for grand-cru Montrachet.
Sylvain Pataille has farmed his Marsannay domaine organically with Ecocert certification since 2008, working a large share of Aligote that he bottles parcel by parcel. The estate is the leading organic name in the northernmost Cote de Nuits village.
Tip: The single-lieu-dit Aligotes are the wines to seek; the organic farming shows in their precision and saline cut.
The sole owner of the Clos des Epeneaux monopole in Pommard has farmed organically with Ecocert certification since the mid-2000s and works the vineyard biodynamically, without holding a biodynamic certification label.
Tip: A textbook case for the certified-versus-practising distinction: Comte Armand is Ecocert organic and biodynamic in practice, but is not Demeter or Biodyvin certified.
Yann Durieux founded Recrue des Sens in 2010 after a decade at Prieure-Roch. He farms biodynamically and makes low-intervention wines from Aligote and Pinot Noir with native yeasts and no additions, a reference for natural Burgundy.
Tip: Allocations are tiny and move through natural-wine specialists; the Aligote cuvee Love and Pif is the calling card.
