The Brets’ grandfather bought the handsome house that gives the domaine its name in 1947. He also purchased four hectares of vines, but it wasn’t until 2000, when Jean-Philippe and Jean-Guillaume withdrew them from the local co-operative, that Domaine de la Soufrandière was established.

It’s recognised today as a source of some of the finest wines the Mâconnais has to offer. If the domaine’s ascent seems meteoric, it’s easily explained by the brothers’ work ethic and capacity to think deeply about what they do.