Domaine Chavy-Chouet

Two families, two villages on the Côte d’Or linked by a love for terroir over seven generations… After six years at a specialist winemaking school and with plenty of experience in winegrowing and vinification around the world under his belt, Romaric has given the estate a makeover. He has been running it single-handedly since 2006, watching over his 15 hectares of vines with a rigorous eye. He is proud of his roots, and his approach combines r...

Like our Cistercian predecessors, our devotion to winegrowing is total. The golden rule is to never cut corners on the creation of a great wine.

Day after day, and season after season, every act, everything we do is guided by our pursuit of excellence. This ambition forces us to be very attentive and caring with regard to our vines. It also means that we visit and revisit each individual vine up to 12 times every year.

Our ecological aims ar...

Romaric’s wines are a reflection of the man himself. They are imprinted with sensitivity, character, and rigor.

He is extremely attentive of his vines and the fruit they bear, and his approach to vinification is painstaking and precise, without artifice.

The winery covers 1,300 m², including 800 m² of cellars, and is a mix of ancient and ultra-modern. The set-up allows him to work hand-in-hand with nature in a well-managed yet pleasant en...

Vintage 2016

2016 was a fairly early year, after a wet winter. The sun shone during budburst but the cold returned in April, making life hard for us. Two nights of below-freezing temperatures meant we lost 30% of the harvest to frost.

This caused a lot of anxiety amongst winegrowers and was a big blow to morale so early on in the year.

The sun returned and held tight for a large part of the season. The grapes that survived benefited f...