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Jean-Marc Burgaud
For the last 35 years, Domaine Jean-Marc Burgaud has been one of the top wine-makers in the Beaujolais area. Producing serious wines that are meant to be kept a few years, the estate is now a true must-have.
For the last 35 years, Domaine Jean-Marc Burgaud has been one of the top wine-makers in the Beaujolais area. Producing...
Jean-Marc Burgaud
Domaine Jean-Marc Burgaud was founded in 1989 after the winemaker had finished his viticulture/oenology studies in Beaune. Jean-Marc Burgaud started he business by renting three hectares of vines and selling everything he produced to a negociant. Between 1988 and 2002, he took over the vines belonging to his in-laws (his wife is from Morgon) and then those of his father in 2006. Today, his production output is relatively substantial for the region. Burgaud has 19 hectares of which 13 belong to the Morgon appellation (8 of these hectares are Côte du Py, 4 in Grand Cras and 1 in Charmes), 1 belongs to the Régnié appellation, 4.5 to the Beaujolais-Villages appellation and 0.5 to the Beaujolais blanc appellation (these vines are planted in clay soils).
Jean- Marc Burgaud admits himself that, at the beginning of his winemaking career, he made conventional, ‘textbook' wines, saying “It took me 3 or 4 years to finally understand what it was to make a true Morgon”. These beautiful and historic vines that Burgaud has inherited in Morgon are the beating heart of Burgaurd's estate.
Although Burgaurd has carefully worked these soils for tens of years, he still allows for foliar treatment if the vines desperately need it. Natural yeast is used in the vinification process. Great care is also taken during maturation, where every barrique undergoes a rigorous selection process before being chosen. Burgaud's wines are some of the best examples from the region and are particularly well suited to ageing.
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY...
BETTANE & DESSEAUVE
Jean-Marc Burgaud owns most of its domain in Morgon, with fantastically located vineyards on the Côte du Py, and vinifies to elaborate wines to keep a few years before opening. The 2015 year has been very good in this domain. The high-located beaujolais-villages, in Lantignié, have given rare quality wines that would make a lot of "crus" blush with admiration.
LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE
Since its creation in 1989, domain Jean-March Burgaud has become a reference in our guide. From its Burgundian wine education, he has reproduced the parcels division, a wine-maturation sometimes reaching two winters and a destemming adapted to each vintage's specificities. His winemaking brings a velvet touch to the gamay through an in-oak maturation (mostly old barrels) whose lenghts is adapted to each parcel (most of them being located in Morgon). He also produces regnié and 5 hectares in Beaujolais-Villages over granite terroir in Lantignié.