Domaine Lécheneaut

Domaine Lécheneaut was founded by Fernand Lécheneaut in the 1950s and was taken over by Philippe and Vincent, the second generation of the family, in the mid-1980s. The winery is located in Nuits-Saint-Georges. The scale of the winery has expanded from just more than 2 hectares at the beginning to more than 10 hectares now, covering more than 10 appellations.

There are many vines in the domaine’s vineyards that are over 50 years old. The vineyards practice organic (but not certified) viticulture, using compost and organic fertilizers, without the use of herbicides, fungicides and other chemicals. In terms of winemaking, in the early years the fruits were all destemmed, but now some whole bunches are retained. Indigenous yeast is used for alcoholic fermentation. The extraction of grape skin substances and the use of new oak barrels are both lower than in the past. The wine is not fined or filtered, and only trace amounts of sulfur dioxide are used. In the early days, the domaine sold barrels of finished wine to other negociants. After Philippe and Vincent took over, they changed to estate-bottling, and most of the wine was exported to overseas markets.