REGION: Burgundy

Lying in the shadow of the Roche de Vergission, is one of the finest estates in all of Burgundy and unquestionably the master of Vergisson, Domaine Daniel et Julien Barraud. With holdings in the best and oldest vineyards in the region, the wines are a PhD level course in world-class Chardonnay.

Daniel-Etienne Defaix is one of Chablis's personalities, and his wines are no less characterful. He releases his sapid, gourmand expressions of Chablis at maturity— some 15 years after everyone else in the region. These are textural, complex wines that evoke the white Burgundies of yesteryear.

Run by the dynamic Cyprien Arlaud, Domaine Arlaud is a certified biodynamic estate in Morey St Denis that crafts wines that speak clearly of terroir. Elegance is the focus here, with lower levels of extraction and minimal new wood. Undoubtedly one of the finest domaines in Burgundy.

Guy Balland loves great Burgundy and feeds his passion by buying great vineyards in the Côte de Beaune. He leases out parts of his rare parcels to some of the most hallowed names in all of Burgundy, keeping a portion of his choicest sites for wine under his own label.

Domaine Bernard Dubois is a tiny domaine of 7 hectares in the village of Chorey-Les Beaune. The owner and winemaker, Jacques Dubois, is the 5th generation of his family to make wine continuing his family’s tradition of making terroir-pure wines from their small parcels around Chorey and Savigny.