The 6 ha domaine, located in the north west of the Maconnais, is owned by the Duverne family and has been under ownership for 6 generations. Timothee, current overseer for the family, lives in Nantes (he is a good friend of Vincent Caille) and leads the team, comprising of Mathieu Collin, a carpenter and barrel maker, and Delphine et Sébastien Boisseau, who recently sold their own domaine Les Vignes Noir, and took on the role of chef patrons of the domaine. The wines are parcel selected from four vineyards, with a further three to come, all red. The soils are Marne based, with blue red and white examples, as well as clay and limestone. Aspect is south west facing and altitude is 350 meters, relatively high for Macon. The vines are tended without chemical intervention and all worked by hand by the team. The cellar, housed in an old building newly renovated is a picture perfect example of a Maconnais cellar, where most ferments are done, by parcel, in stainless steel, in a spotless ferment room, and aging in oak (the whites in Demi Muid sourced from Domaine Cheveau, as they are deemed the ‘best’), the reds in burgundy barrels of 300 litres. The resulting wines, as guided through by Sebastien, are a masterclass in terroir expression, elegance and vitality, each with its own strong identity. These are the wines one looks for in this region, a style increasingly hard to find as oak, natural winemaking practices and commerciality serve to cover the simple beauty.