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Vieilles vignes — old vines — is one of the most meaningful but least regulated terms in wine. There is no official minimum age for a vine to qualify as “vieilles vignes” and the term appears on labels ranging from 15-year-old vines to century-old plantings.
On the Amitié list the term is used only where the age of the vines is genuinely significant to the character of the wine. A significant number of the wines on the Amitié list come from vines planted before 1970 — some considerably older. Rather than labelling wines “vieilles vignes” as a marketing term, we note the specific planting date wherever we know it.
Domaine Buisson-Battault’s Meursault Vieilles Vignes comes from vines planted in 1930 and 1932 — over 90 years old at the time of the 2022 harvest. Hélène Charbaut’s La Pirouette comes from a single plot in Bisseuil planted in 1960. Antoine Bouvet’s Les Plantels in Avenay Val d’Or were planted in 1964. Old vines produce smaller yields and more concentrated fruit — the difference is in the wine, not just the label.
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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, working five hectares of chalk soils on the Montagne de Reims. Biodynamic farming, hand harvesting, indigenous yeasts, old oak.
Champagne Antoine Bouvet
Fifth-generation grower farming 5.5 hectares across Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Bisseuil, and Avenay Val d’Or. Biodynamic, old oak only, with some wines resting four or more years before release.
Champagne Hélène Charbaut
Fourth-generation grower in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Bisseuil, working a family cave that dates to 1937. All five cuvées are Premier Cru: four single-variety wines and a Pinot Noir-led blend.
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.
