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.
Address: Route d'Auxerre, 89800 Chablis, France, Burgundy
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.
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.
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.
