Domaine Jean-Marc Millot

The history of the Domaine dates back to 1930. André Millot married Elisabeth Gilles, daughter of Henri and Hilda Gilles who bequeathed her various vineyards in Savigny-lès-Beaune and the Côte de Nuits (classified as Bourgogne and Côte de Nuits Villages). They had a son called Jean-Marc (Millot) who married Christine Gouroux, whose mother, Odile Moissenet was the daughter of Henri and Yvonne Gouroux who were the owners of some fantastic vineyards in the smart part of the Côte de Nuits that included some Vosne-Romanée, some Vosne 1er Cru Les Suchots and three Grands Crus (Clos Vougeot, Echezeaux and Grands Echezeaux).

Jean Marc made his first wines in the early eighties, but the vineyard parcels from the various family members did not come together until the 1990s, after a long legal battle following the end of fermage to another domaine.

Today the domaine stands at 8 hectares with all vines between 50 and 80 years old. It has been based in Nuits-Saint-Georges since 2003, when Jean-Marc bought a new cuverie in order to cope with the doubling in size of the estate and it is Jean-Marc’s ambitious daughter Alix, who is now at the helm having made her first ‘solo’ vintage in 2016.

 It is a domaine on a very upward trajectory with Alix being part of the new generation of talented agile winemakers who are keeping Burgundy fresh and dynamic. She is not averse to using whole bunch and likes to keep sulphur levels as low as she can. In the vineyards she farms as organically as possible, not using pesticides or insecticides, but the domaine is not currently certified.