Morgane Seuillot and Christian Knott produce just two wines from their cellar in Mavilly-Mandelot, with fruit from 7 parcels totaling at about 3.5ha. Their oldest site is nearby
Volnay, where they farm old vines of
aligoté for their cuvée Gouttes d'Or and a tiny production of
gamay, labelled under the Coteaux Bourgignons appelation, while fruit for their main production, Haute Côtes de
Beaune Nature, comes from sites between their village and Meloisey. They're a young couple, with Morgane hailing from
Burgundy and Christian an Aussie ex-pat, who still splits his time between their domaine and Chandon de Briailles in Savigny, and the winemaking has been natural since the get-go: no additives, no sulfites. The domaine is humble and their vines farmed with the help of a few friends and Morgane's father's draft horse. On only their fifth vintage in
2020, the wines show incredible purity and a marked capacity to age.
The Hautes-Cotes
2018 sees 20 days of maceration on the skins in concrete tank, followed by elevage in old barrels and goes without sulfuring. It shows wonderful tension despite the hot vintage, with layers of bramble and fruit and a carrying acidity.
