Domaine Rossignol-Trapet

This wine domaine was created through the marriage of Jacques Rossignol of Volnay with Mado Trapet from a noted Gevrey-Chambertin family. Their sons Nicolas and David Rossignol have managed the domaine since 1990, moving subsequently to biodynamic farming.

The first experiments started in 1997 with their Chapelle-Chambertin, followed by conversion of the whole domaine in 2004. As a result the wines are both finer and purer than they used to be.

The grapes are sorted first in the vineyard and then on a sorting table at the winery. They are mostly destalked, cooled down, then given two to three weeks fermentation. There may be a little lees-stirring in tank before the wines go to barrel. There is no racking unless reductive flavours require it.

The domaine Rossignol-Trapet uses 10% per cent new oak for its Beaune Teurons, which comes from a 2ha plot situated next to a small limestone cliff which reflects the heat back on to their vines.