Domaine Guillemot-Michel

Marc Guillemot and Pierrette Michel are pioneers of biodynamics in the south of Burgundy, specifically in Quintaine, an exceptional terroir within the Viré-Clessé appellation. Quintaine consists of about a hundred hectares shared very successfully among a handful of winemakers, including the Domaine Guillemot-Michel. 6.5 hectares cultivated like a garden. Organic for over 30 years and biodynamic since 1992, Marc Guillemot and Pierrette Michel have focused on a single wine, this Chardonnay from Quintaine, whose story they love to tell and whose oldest vines date back to 1918. Pierrette's grandfather and father used to deliver their grapes to the cooperative winery. When she took over the estate in 1982, Pierrette immediately decided to produce her own wine. Since 2013, their daughter Sophie and son-in-law Gautier have expanded the range, always with the same care and solid technical skills (Sophie holds a degree in oenology). The family grows their own plants for biodynamic preparations. With an engineering background, biodynamics here is very technical, far from the esoteric ideas often associated with it.