Domaine Amiot et Fils
”Vigneron de l'Année 2026 — Bourgogne
”Double coup de cœur for the 2023 vintage
”In Morey-Saint-Denis, the Amiot family has perpetuated since 1702 a winemaking tradition spanning ten generations. Proud of their motto 'Sans varier', they cultivate a constant demand for excellence expressed equally in the vineyard and in their faithful interpretation of their exceptional terroirs. Today, Jean-Louis, accompanied by his wife Chantal and son Léon, continues the development of the domaine, committed to organic conversion and recognised for the regularity, precision and depth of their Pinot Noirs. A style that combines power, refinement and a very pure reading of the soils of Morey-Saint-Denis — a masterful signature that makes this domaine a sure value of the Côte de Nuits.
— Guide Hachette des Vins
About Domaine Amiot et Fils
The Amiot family has been farming vines in Morey-Saint-Denis for ten generations. That is not a marketing claim — it is a family tree, documented generation by generation, from the earliest vignerons in the village through to Léon Amiot, who produced his first vintage in 2020 and was named Vigneron de l’Année 2026 — Bourgogne in his sixth year of winemaking. In 2026 the Guide Hachette des Vins — France’s most authoritative annual wine guide — named Domaine Amiot et Fils Vigneron de l’Année in Burgundy, with a double coup de cœur for their 2023 Clos de la Roche.
The domaine as it exists today — Domaine Amiot et Fils — was formed in 2020 when Jean-Louis Amiot and his son Léon took over five hectares from the family’s previous estate. Five hectares is small. Fourteen appellations across five hectares is extraordinary — from regional Bourgogne through village wines in Morey-Saint-Denis, Gevrey-Chambertin, and Chambolle-Musigny, through five Premier Crus to two Grand Crus. Each appellation a distinct expression of the limestone and clay-limestone soils of the Côte de Nuits, facing east and southeast at between 220 and 300 metres elevation.
The flagship is the Grand Cru Clos de la Roche — the largest and arguably the most complex Grand Cru in Morey-Saint-Denis. The Amiot parcel spans three distinct sites within the clos: a plot at the top of the slope at the lieu-dit Monts Luisants, a parcel mid-slope in the Fremières, and a third at the bottom in Les Chabiots. Three different elevations, three different soil expressions, all within one Grand Cru. The Clos de la Roche has been in the Amiot family for at least four generations.
The three roses on every Amiot label carry the motto “Sans varier” — from the Counts of Vergy, whose ancestral domain included these hillsides centuries before the appellation system existed. To continue without varying. To be faithful to the terroir year after year, whatever the vintage brings. Jean-Louis Amiot described it simply: wines that are faithful to their origin.
The vineyards are farmed sustainably with High Environmental Value (HVE) certification, ongoing experiments in biodynamics and agroforestry. Hand-harvested, indigenous yeasts, aged in oak barrels for up to 18 months. The approach is deliberate and consistent — the kind of winemaking that ten generations of observing the same land produces.