Domaine Michel Magnien

Frédéric Magnien’s grandfather, Bernard, owned four hectares of vines but delivered the grapes to the local cooperative. Bernard’s son Michel Magnien, born 1946, added various new vineyards, making a speciality of buying scrubland within the appellation borders and planting it, for example Les Evocelles in Gevrey-Chambertin, Fremières in Chambolle-Musigny and premier cru Les Chaffots in Morey-St-Denis. Only with Frédéric’s arrival was the whole crop bottled at the domaine.

Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director and author of the award-winning Inside Burgundy comprehensive handbook.