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A perpetual reserve — or réserve perpétuelle in French — is a winemaking method in which a portion of wine from each harvest is added to a continuously maintained reserve that is never fully drawn off. Each year’s new wine is blended with the accumulated reserve, creating a wine that contains threads of every previous harvest going back to the beginning.
The result is complexity and depth that a single-vintage wine cannot achieve — the base vintage provides freshness and energy, while the older reserve wines provide developed character, texture, and continuity across years. Hélène Charbaut’s La Charbauterie uses a perpetual reserve — 35% 2021 reserve wine maintained in both barrel and 25-hectolitre foudre. Adrien Renoir’s Les Années is built entirely on a solera — the most extreme form of perpetual reserve, drawing from consecutive harvests back to the beginning of the project.
Winemakers we work with
Le Grappin
Andrew and Emma Nielsen. Wines from specific, organically farmed parcels across Burgundy and Beaujolais, made and bottled by hand.
Domaine Amiot et Fils
Ten generations in Morey-Saint-Denis since 1702. Named Vigneron de l’Année 2026 — Bourgogne by the Guide Hachette des Vins.
Domaine Charlopin-Tissier
Yann Charlopin and Justine Tissier brought two family vineyard holdings together in 2013. Gevrey-Chambertin winery with vineyards across the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune.
Domaine Buisson-Battault
Fifth-generation family domaine in Meursault. Farming the same plots since the 1920s, across fourteen appellations from Bourgogne to Premier Cru.
Mark Haisma
Australian-born, trained at Yarra Yering in Victoria. Based in Gevrey-Chambertin since 2007. Named one of Tim Atkin’s Top 25 Producers to Watch.
Champagne Pierre Deville
Fourth-generation grower in Verzy Grand Cru. Biodynamic farming, indigenous yeasts, barrel-aged.
Champagne Antoine Bouvet
Five and a half hectares across Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Bisseuil, and Avenay Val d’Or. Extended barrel aging. Sells out with every release.
Champagne Hélène Charbaut
Fourth-generation grower in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. Five cuvées — each a single grape variety, a single expression of terroir.
Champagne Pascal Lejeune
Family domaine on the south-facing slopes of the Coteaux Sud d’Épernay. One of the first in Champagne to plant cover crops between vine rows.