R. Dubois & Fils

Nine generations of winegrowers

The history of Dubois winegrowers begins around 1600 with the birth of Emiland Dubois, the first ancestor and winegrower to be found in official records.

More recently, Louis Dubois (1874 - 1947) took over his first plot of vines in 1898, then developed the estate with 2 hectares of vines in the village of Premeaux-Prissey and Nuits-Saint-Georges.

His son, Robert (1910 – 2004), devoted his life to the ...

Sister and brother Béatrice and Raphaël Dubois have been running the estate together since 2006.

Domaine Dubois undertook something of a revolution a few years ago, incorporating minimal pesticide use in the interests of healthy, sustainable viticulture, complex vinification, producing subtle, fruity wines… a development noticed by many professional tasters and buyers.

“Going further in terms of taking risks generally,” this is how Raph...

Receipt, sorting, de-stalking
Vinification begins by sorting the harvest. The grapes are placed on the sorting table, a vital stage at Domaine Dubois. The harvest is then de-stalked and the berries are finally sent to the vat.

Pigeage (punching down)
We carry out punching down, pumping-over and rack-and-return to improve colour and tannin extraction.
The fermentation temperature is controlled to enable the yeasts to operate under the ...