Domaine de l'Évêché
Domaine de l'Évêché
【Generations of passion, and the essence of Burgundian terroir】
Heir to a winemaking line reaching back to the seventeenth century, Domaine de l'Évêché is rooted in the village of Saint-Denis-de-Vaux.
Robert Jussier acquired the vines in 1930 and began by selling his wine by the barrel. The business became a domaine in the full sense in 1959, when Henri Jussier bottled for the first time under the estate's own name.
In 1985 Vincent Jussier took over the property, and has been expanding it ever since alongside his father Henri.
Land that had been under vine since the Middle Ages was at one point converted into apple and pear orchards by the fruit grower Jean Baud, who made a considerable success of it. With no successor to follow him, the land passed back into the hands of a young grower and returned once more to the vine.
Five hectares are given over to carefully selected Pinot Noir, while the parcels of Chardonnay and Aligoté suited to the stony "Louvier" soils have been replanted at the same time.
The acquisition of Les Ormeaux in Mercurey in 1990, followed by Les Murgers in 1998, broadened the range of terroirs still further.
In 2018 the next generation arrived in the person of Quentin, and the winery was thoroughly modernised, laying the foundations for another step up in quality.
Today Domaine de l'Évêché farms fourteen hectares, pursuing quality through investment in new equipment, meticulous work in the vineyard and careful management of ageing in the cellar.
Visitors are welcomed with a generous account of the estate's work and winemaking philosophy, and with wines that embody its history, its passion and its ambitions for the future.
