In the beginning of the last century, Marcel Doudet acquired the vineyards of his father-in-law Victor Naudin. Established on 4 villages (from Beaune to the hill of Corton). The domaine extends on 7 hectares, planted mainly in 1^er and Grands Crus.

Savigny-les-Beaune Les Guettes 1^er Cru
Savigny-les-Beaune " Aux petits liards "
Savigny-les-Beaune Redrescul (monopole) 1^er Cru
Beaune Clos du Roy 1^er Cru
Beaune Cent Vignes 1^er Cru
Pernand-Vergelesses Les Fichots 1^er Cru
Bourgogne blanc " Le Clos en Village "
Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Corton Maréchaudes Grand Cru
Aloxe-Corton " Les Boutières "
Aloxe-Corton 1^er Cru Les Maréchaudes

Grape variety : Pinot-Noir for the red wines and Chardonnay for the white wines.

The ground, mainly clayey-limestone (sometimes marly or stony) is mainly exposed east/south-east in slopes (except Savigny Les Guettes which is full southern slope) . Some old vines are from 40 to 65 years old and few vines are only worked by hand.

For 10 years, important investments have been carried out in the vineyards : Construction of walls in order to retain the ground, drainage of the rain-water and replanting.

The vineyards produce a small crop because of the voluntarily severe size.
The treatments (organic /no-chemical) are reduced to the bare minimum. The average output oscillate between 30 and 40 hecto/hectares. No going beyond (PLC) is never required.

The fermentation on the skins will be rather long if the year allows it.

A manual punching of the cap is carried out twice per day. The temperatures are controlled.
The pneumatic press allows a respect of the harvest and the soils (the small parcels are vinified separately, by respecting their origins). Our wine making seeks to obtain the optimal extraction of the tannins, the colour and the fruit by developing the ground of each vine.

The wines are aged in oak barrels from France (Allier-Vosges) . The share of new barrels represents in general a quarter of the total quantity during a period which can vary from 9 to 20 months for the white wines and from 15 to 21 month for the reds wines, according to the characters of the vine and of the year.
The tannins brought by these new barrels and their proportion should not unbalance the future wine, to drain it or mask the delicacy of certain wines.
The bottling is made without filtration.

To carry out wines of good constitution, while privileging the fruit and the origin are our objectives each year without any other consideration of volumes, of mode and of financial constraints.

The bottling by gravity and a selective choice of the corks completes this process which finish quite naturally and immediately in our old cellars of Savigny-les-Beaune.