Domaine Meo Camuzet

Domaine Méo-Camuzet is one of Burgundy's most prestigious names, based in Vosne-Romanée, in the heart of the Côte de Nuits. The domaine tends some of the region's most celebrated climats, including the Grands Crus Richebourg, Clos de Vougeot, Échezeaux and Corton, alongside legendary Premiers Crus such as Vosne-Romanée Cros Parantoux, Aux Brûlées and Les Chaumes, as well as Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Boudots and Aux Murgers.

Its history is tied to Étienne Camuzet, a winegrower, mayor of Vosne-Romanée and deputy for the Côte d'Or, who in 1919 helped establish the Appellations d'Origine and in 1920 purchased the Château du Clos de Vougeot, retaining 3 hectares at the foot of the château. The estate then passed to his daughter Maria Noirot-Camuzet and, in 1959, to his nephew Jean Méo, who for years entrusted the vines to sharecroppers, among them the great Henri Jayer. In 1981 the domaine took the name Méo-Camuzet.

Since 1984 leadership has passed to Jean-Nicolas Méo, trained by Henri Jayer himself, who since 2008 has farmed all the vineyards directly and, in the early 2000s, created the maison Méo-Camuzet Frère et Sœurs. In the vineyard they follow organic practices, with soil work, no herbicides, horse ploughing in the most challenging parcels and yield control; harvesting is by hand with sorting on a table.

In the cellar, the grapes undergo cold maceration before fermenting in concrete vats, with measured extractions; the wines age on average for 17 months in wood, with generous yet judicious use of new barrels, and are bottled by gravity without filtration.

Great terroirs, a history entwined with the origins of the appellations and the legacy of Henri Jayer make Domaine Méo-Camuzet an undisputed benchmark of Vosne-Romanée.