Jérôme Galeyrand is a discreet, soft spoken and incredibly thoughtful winemaker whose wines are personified by perfumed precision, refinement, purity, and elegance – wines that are not only serious, but seriously delicious to drink.

Originally from the Loire Valley, Jérôme came into winemaking after working for over eight years in the French food industry. After several harvests working for Domaine Alain Burguet in Gevrey-Chambertin from 1996, Jérôme embarked on his own project culminating in the purchase of his own first tiny vineyard plot of 0.05 hectares in Les Retraits in Comblanchien.

Since then, Jérôme has grown his domaine to its current 5.25 hectares of vines. His viticulture is largely organic for 70% of his vineyards and sustainable for the remaining 30% of vines. No pesticides are used, and all vineyard rows are ploughed. Some wines include whole-clusters, and the vinification is carried out as delicately as possible with limited use of SO2, which helps contribute to his wines’ refinement and purity. After being manually basket pressed and fermented with natural yeasts, all wines are aged in oak barrels, 12 months for whites and between 18 to 24 months for reds.

Jérôme Galeyrand produces a little over 2,000 cases per year depending on the vintage, but the highlights of his exceptional range are undoubtedly his four famous reds: La Justice, Billard, Croisette and Les Retraits, which renowned Burgundy critics like William Kelley and Jasper Morris MW consider to be in a class of their own. As with all Burgundies of this quality and refined elegance, these are undoubtedly wines for the connoisseur. But don’t miss out on Jérôme’s superb white wines and especially his characterful Aligoté cuvées that exemplify the newfound quality this cultivar can produce.

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