When visiting Maison Albert Bichot, one is naturally inclined toward admiration even before tasting the wines! Mostly, on account of two reasons: the open, direct and humorous personality of Albéric Bichot – whose deep knowledge of Burgundian terroirs and people is remarkable – and the estate’s extraordinary architectural heritage, from its historic working cellars to its grand reception spaces.
Albéric Bichot acquired many plots, meaning that the maison now has 100 hectares of vineyards. Here we find the Clos Frantin and Domaine Château-Gris on the Côte de Nuits, the Domaine du Pavillon and the Domaine Adélie on the Chalonnaise coast as well as the Domaine Long Depaquit in Chablis and Domaine de Rochegrès in Beaujolais. These wines are certified as organic. At the same time, the maison carries out its trading business by purchasing only carefully selected grapes. The wines are all vinified in Beaune under the leadership of the very talented Matthieu Mangenot.
In recent decades, the estate has taken a major step forward with an unwavering commitment to raising quality. Wines from the estates’ vineyards and those from the négociant activity are kept separately, and the approach in both vineyard and cellar is as natural as possible. The grapes are vinified in a state-of-the-art vathouse located in the heart of Beaune. Albéric Bichot has brought renewed drive to the estate, and the results speak for themselves.

This trading company turned entirely towards organic methods to produce exceptional Burgundy wines. This includes the superb Gevrey-Chambertin La Justice, a climat situated at the heart of Gevrey-Chambertin. Tasting this wine reveals delicate flavours of black and white pepper, soft spice, mint, gingerbread and earth. It is a pretty wine with an impressive and solid composition that will need to be kept for a few years for it to achieve its best. It would go perfectly with dishes that have a lot of character.
This wine trading company, founded in 1831, knew how to travel through the centuries and keep the company within the same family. One of founder’s descendants, Albéric Bichot, who came to the estate in 1996, produces the estate’s wine today. Since then, the company has found the spark it had years ago by taking care with its ageing process and the quality of its grapes as well as keeping quality consistent.