59 editor-picked estates growing Chardonnay in Burgundy.
Where to taste Chardonnay in Burgundy: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
The most revered estate in Burgundy, monopole owner of Romanee-Conti and La Tache and farmer of a roughly 28-hectare grand-cru holding in Vosne-Romanee.
Tasting: No public tastings or visits. Wines are sold strictly on allocation through approved importers and en-bloc cases.
Signature wines: romanee-conti, la-tache
Tip: Allocation only; there is no cellar door. Bottles surface at auction and via a handful of importers.
Lalou Bize-Leroy's biodynamic Vosne-Romanee domaine, built from 1988 on the former Noellat and Remy vines, now among the most sought-after and expensive wines in Burgundy.
Tasting: No public tastings. The biodynamic domaine sells on tight allocation through importers.
Tip: Demeter-certified and allocation-only; no visits. Look for the rare Domaine Leroy versus the separate Maison Leroy negociant label.
Vosne-Romanee domaine shaped by Henri Jayer's influence, holding Richebourg, Clos de Vougeot and Vosne premier crus under Jean-Nicolas Meo.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment only; the domaine also runs a Meo-Camuzet Frere et Soeurs negociant range.
Long-established Gevrey-Chambertin domaine, biodynamic since the 1990s, with holdings in Chambertin, Latricieres-Chambertin and Chapelle-Chambertin.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment; the domaine farms biodynamically.
The historic Chambolle-Musigny domaine and largest owner of the Musigny Grand Cru, tracing its line in the village back more than five centuries.
Tasting: No public tastings; sold through the exclusive UK agent and importers.
Morey-Saint-Denis domaine founded by Jacques Seysses, known for whole-cluster Clos de la Roche, Clos Saint-Denis and Chambertin under the next generation.
Tasting: No public cellar door; allocation through importers.
Morey-Saint-Denis domaine famed for the monopole Clos de la Roche Cuvee Vieilles Vignes and its long-lived, low-sulphur reds.
Tasting: Visits and tastings at the Gilly-les-Citeaux cellar by appointment.
Biodynamic domaine assembled by the Boisset family across the Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune, with the Clos Blanc de Vougeot monopole among its holdings.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment; biodynamic estate.
Major family domaine and negociant based in Nuits-Saint-Georges, one of Burgundy's largest grand-cru owners across the Cote de Nuits and Cote Chalonnaise.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment at the Nuits-Saint-Georges cellars.
Beaune-based family negociant and estate owner, with domaines including Clos Frantin in Vosne-Romanee and Long-Depaquit in Chablis.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment; the house owns six estate domaines across Burgundy.
Major Beaune negociant and domaine owner since 1859, holding premier and grand crus across the Cote d'Or plus Beaujolais cru estates.
Tasting: The Beaune cellars open for tastings and bottle purchase; afternoons on weekdays and Saturdays.
Family negociant and domaine in the heart of Beaune, biodynamic across its estate vines, with cellars under the old Parlement de Bourgogne.
Tasting: Tours of the historic cellars beneath Beaune and a six-wine tasting by appointment.
One of Burgundy's oldest houses, based at the Chateau de Beaune, with the Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet and Le Corton grand crus among its large holding.
Tasting: Tastings and cellar visits at the Chateau de Beaune by appointment.
Beaune negociant house founded in 1750, now part of the Boisset group, known for an interactive five-senses tasting tour in its town-centre cellars.
Tasting: Sensory tasting experiences and cellar visits at the Beaune mansion, open to walk-ins and bookings.
Beaune house owned by the Bollinger family, cellaring its wines in a circular 15th-century rampart bastion, with strong Beaune and Savigny premier crus.
Tasting: Tastings inside the 15th-century Bastion fortress cellars by appointment.
Beaune's largest cellars, housed in a former convent, offering one of the region's best-known self-guided cellar tours and tastings beneath the town.
Tasting: Self-guided tour of five kilometres of historic cellars with a tasting of multiple Burgundy wines, open daily.
Beaune family house in business since 1797, the largest holder of Corton-Charlemagne, with a reputation built on grand-cru whites of the Cote de Beaune.
Tasting: Tastings and tours by appointment; the house is the largest owner of Corton-Charlemagne grand cru vines.
The reference white-Burgundy domaine, biodynamic since the 1990s, with prized parcels of Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet and Batard-Montrachet in Puligny.
Tasting: No general cellar door; the family also runs the Olivier Leflaive table and tastings nearby in the village.
Puligny-Montrachet negociant and domaine founded by Olivier Leflaive, best known for its sit-down tasting table pairing flights of white Burgundy with food.
Tasting: Guided tasting lunches and flights at the village table and a small estate hotel; open to bookings.
Puligny-Montrachet domaine of crystalline whites, biodynamic, with parcels in Batard-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Batard and a roll of Puligny premier crus.
Tasting: No general cellar door; allocation through importers.
The leading Meursault domaine, biodynamic under Dominique Lafon, prized for Meursault Perrieres and Genevrieres and a sliver of Le Montrachet.
Tasting: No general cellar door; sold on allocation. The family also runs Heritiers du Comte Lafon in the Maconnais.
Cult Meursault domaine under Raphael Coche, famed for flinty, reductive Meursault and a tiny production of Corton-Charlemagne grand cru.
Tasting: No public tastings; among the most allocation-tight and collected whites in Meursault.
Chassagne-Montrachet domaine of benchmark whites, with holdings in Le Montrachet, Batard-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Batard plus top Chassagne premier crus.
Tasting: No general cellar door; allocation through importers.
Volnay-based biodynamic domaine known for structured, classically built Volnay and Pommard premier crus and a growing range of whites.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment at the Volnay estate; biodynamic farming.
Pommard domaine and sole owner of the walled Clos des Epeneaux monopole, a biodynamic estate making dense, age-worthy Pommard.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment; biodynamic estate.
A rare almost-monopole grand-cru estate on the Corton hill, making only Corton-Charlemagne white and Corton red from its single biodynamic holding.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment; biodynamic estate centred on the Corton hill.
Family domaine in Pernand-Vergelesses making well-priced Corton-Charlemagne and Pernand whites alongside Aloxe-Corton and Savigny reds.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment at the Pernand-Vergelesses cellar.
The leading Chablis domaine, owned since 2024 by Domaines Barons de Rothschild, with the largest grand-cru holding in the appellation including Les Clos and Bougros.
Tasting: Tasting room in the heart of Chablis open by appointment; the largest grand-cru landowner in Chablis.
The cult Chablis domaine, famed for ageworthy, oak-fermented Les Clos, Valmur and Blanchot grand crus and premier crus like Montee de Tonnerre.
Tasting: No public cellar door; the most collected Chablis domaine, sold on tight allocation.
Steel-only Chablis domaine making precise, unoaked grand and premier crus including Les Clos, Vaudesir and Montee de Tonnerre.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment; the domaine ferments entirely in stainless steel to showcase Chablis minerality.
Major Chablis grower around Prehy, organic and partly biodynamic, also bottling Saint-Bris Sauvignon and Irancy reds from the Grand Auxerrois.
Tasting: Visits and tastings at the Sainte-Claire estate by Prehy church; large organic and biodynamic holdings.
One of the oldest Chablis houses, founded in 1814, now part of the Boisset group, with a long association with the Les Clos grand cru.
Tasting: Tastings and shop in Chablis; a historic house with grand-cru parcels including Les Clos.
Chablis house cellared in a ninth-century monastic building, with grand crus including Les Clos, Blanchot and the Reserve de l'Obedience bottling.
Tasting: Visits and tastings in the medieval Obediencerie cellars in central Chablis, open to bookings.
Cote Chalonnaise family group centred on Chateau de Chamirey in Mercurey, with Mercurey and Rully premier crus and a Nuits-Saint-Georges estate.
Tasting: Tastings at Chateau de Chamirey in Mercurey by appointment; the group also owns Domaine des Perdrix in Nuits.
Maconnais negociant founded by Jean-Marie Guffens, sourcing precise, terroir-driven Chardonnay from Pouilly-Fuisse to the Cote de Beaune and Chablis.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at Sologny; the negociant arm of Guffens-Heynen sourcing across the Maconnais and Chablis.
Burgundy's best-known walk-in tasting cellar, set in the 15th-century Church of the Cordeliers opposite the Hospices de Beaune. Flights run from regional appellations up to Grand Cru in the vaulted cellars.
Burgundy's largest cellars, five kilometres of vaulted galleries under Beaune holding around two million ageing bottles. Self-guided audio tour ends in a tasting of the Patriarche range.
Tasting cellars inside a former 9th-century monastery in Chablis, complete with a 13th-century press. Flights cover the Domaine Laroche Chablis, Premier Cru and Grand Cru range.
The tasting cellar of the Chablis cooperative, pouring the full range from Petit Chablis to the Grand Cru climats including Les Clos and Chateau Grenouilles.
The Beaune flagship of the Cite des Climats network, with a tasting bar and workshop rooms running flights across the Cote d'Or, Chablis, Grand Auxerrois and Maconnais.
Dedicated Burgundy tasting room near the Hospices, founded 2006, running around 450 guided classes a year in French and English with blind-tasting and Grand Cru flights.
Tasting room and boutique on Place Carnot focused on Premier Cru and Grand Cru Burgundy, with by-the-glass pours and curated producer flights in the centre of Beaune.
The Macon site of the Cite des Climats network inside the renovated BIVB premises, telling the story of southern Burgundy along the Saone with a tasting bar of Maconnais whites.
The Chablis site of the Cite des Climats network in the village centre, presenting the heritage of Chablis Chardonnay with a tasting bar pouring Petit Chablis through Grand Cru.
Beaune tasting cellar specialising in the cuvees of the Hospices de Beaune estate, the wines sold each November at the historic charity auction, alongside other Cote d'Or producers.
Marsannay reference producer farming organically since 2008. Sylvain Pataille's single-parcel Aligote bottlings have made the overlooked grape a collector's interest.
Tip: Pataille's lieu-dit Aligotes (Le Clou, Champ Foret) are the wines insiders chase; the Marsannay reds and rose round out a village few visitors think to seek.
A 1640-founded Saint-Aubin estate run by Olivier Lamy, whose high-density whites from Premier Cru vineyards next to Puligny-Montrachet are among Burgundy's great value finds.
Tip: Saint-Aubin's Premier Cru Murgers des Dents de Chien adjoins Puligny's best slopes; Lamy's bottlings deliver Cote de Beaune class at a fraction of Montrachet money.
The Givry estate, now led by Juliette Joblot, credited with reviving the Cote Chalonnaise village. Polished Premier Cru Pinot Noir at gentle prices.
Tip: Givry was once the favourite wine of King Henri IV; Joblot's Premier Cru reds are the bottles that prove the village still deserves its old reputation.
A Givry estate founded in 1991 by Francois Lumpp, making precise mineral whites and elegant reds that rank among the Cote Chalonnaise's finest.
Tip: Lumpp's Premier Cru Clos du Cras Long and Petit Marole are the bottlings to seek; production is small, so buy at the cellar when you can.
Rully's reference domaine, run by Vincent and Celine Dureuil since 1994. Old-vine Chardonnay with Cote d'Or depth at Cote Chalonnaise prices.
Tip: Rully is the Cote Chalonnaise's best-kept white-wine secret; Dureuil-Janthial's Vieilles Vignes is the bottle that explains why insiders rate the village.
Pommard estate and sole owner of the Clos des Epeneaux monopole since 1828, farming biodynamically. A structured, long-lived Premier Cru that flies below the Cote de Nuits radar.
Tip: The Clos des Epeneaux is a true monopole; ask about the old-vine versus young-vine components that go into the final blend each year.
Aubert de Villaine's organic Bouzeron estate, where the co-director of Romanee-Conti makes the benchmark Aligote from the grape's own appellation.
Tip: Few visitors realise the man behind Romanee-Conti pours one of Burgundy's best-value whites here; the Bouzeron and the Cote Chalonnaise reds reward a detour.
A regional Bourgogne Blanc that is the easiest entry to white Burgundy. Unoaked, crisp green-apple and citrus Chardonnay from across the region, a reliable house benchmark under twenty euros.
Tip: The plain Bourgogne Chardonnay is the value play; trade up to the Macon-Lugny only when you want a touch more flesh from the southern fruit.
Chardonnay from the warm limestone slopes around Lugny in the southern Maconnais. Rounder and riper than basic Bourgogne Blanc, with orchard fruit and a soft finish, dependable value for the table.
Tip: A safe house white in any French wine shop; serve lightly chilled with roast chicken or a goat-cheese salad.
The cooperative that makes roughly a third of all Macon-Villages turns out a clean, fruit-forward Chardonnay at supermarket prices. The everyday white Burgundy benchmark for under fifteen euros.
Tip: Look for the single-vineyard La Cote Blanche bottling for a small step up that still stays comfortably under twenty euros.
Petit Chablis from the plateau soils above the main Chablis slope, lively and steely with green-apple and citrus bite. The most affordable way into real Chablis tension under twenty euros.
Tip: Petit Chablis is built for youth; drink the most recent vintage with oysters or shellfish rather than cellaring it.
Village Chablis from the cooperative that supplies a quarter of the appellation. Flinty, dry and mineral, the textbook unoaked expression of Kimmeridgian limestone for under twenty-five euros.
Tip: This is the value entry to true village Chablis; the named cuvees La Pierrelee and La Sereine are the same wine under merchant labels in some markets.
Traditional-method Burgundian sparkling built on Chardonnay with Pinot Noir, made the same way as Champagne. Fine bubbles, brioche and citrus, a serious fizz for under twenty-five euros.
Tip: Cremant de Bourgogne is the value alternative to Champagne for a celebration; chill well and pour as an aperitif.
A single-named Macon-Lugny lieu-dit, Les Genievres, with a little more depth and breadth than the basic village wine. Ripe orchard fruit and a creamy edge, dependable value just inside twenty-five euros.
Tip: The step from basic Macon-Lugny to Les Genievres is worth it for a dinner-party white; it carries richer dishes like roast pork or creamy pasta.