Domaine Guyon

Domaine Guyon is located in Vosne-Romanée on the N74 road to Dijon. In 1991 Jean Pierre and his brother Michel Guyon took over the estate from their father which had been running the estate since 1953. It is their grand-father that started the estate in 1938. The Domaine has grown to 9 hectares after purchasing new parcels over the years in both the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits districts. The last acquisition was in 2010 of a new Grand Cru...

Domaine Guyon's 9 hectares spread over both the Côte de Beaune (40%) and Côte de Nuits (60%) districts. Some parcels are only 0.24 hectares or less in size, just enough to make one or 2 barrels depending on the yield and size of the barrel used. The Domaine's various "Village" appellation parcels are located in Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne Romanée, Nuits Saint Georges, Chorey Les Beaune and Savigny Les Beaune. The 1er Crus parcels are located in V...

The white wines produced by Domaine Guyon come from 3 communal appellations: Savigny les Beaune, a rare white from Morey Saint Denis and a rare Pinot Blanc from Nuits Saint George. The parcels are minuscule representing only 0.24 hectare each. The yields are very low around 12 hectolitres per hectare depending on the vintage, when the average in Burgundy is 45 hl/ha. For the winemaking, the hand-picked harvest is fermented with indigenous yeas...

The Vosne Romanée vineyards have an easterly exposure at an altitude of 235 to 350 metres with the Grand Crus situated in the middle of the slope. The geological base of Burgundy dates back to the Jurassic era about 130 -150 million years ago. About 60 million years ago, the geological shifts on the earth’s crust from the movement of continents, created the Alps mountain range and made the Bressan rift collapse creating a plain and the Saône r...