Named Vigneron de l’Année 2026 for Burgundy by the Guide Hachette des Vins. Ten generations in Morey-Saint-Denis, with a Grand Cru Clos de la Roche from three parcels across the slope.

About Domaine Amiot et Fils

The Amiot family has farmed vines in Morey-Saint-Denis for ten generations. It is a documented family tree, from the village’s earliest vignerons to Léon Amiot, who made his first vintage in 2020. In 2026, in his sixth year of winemaking, the Guide Hachette des Vins named Domaine Amiot et Fils Vigneron de l’Année in Burgundy. The Guide gave coups de cœur to the 2023 Les Millandes and the 2023 Clos de la Roche, and the 2022 Clos de la Roche earned one as well.

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

The domaine as it exists today was formed in 2020, when Jean-Louis Amiot and his son Léon took over five hectares from the family’s previous estate. Those five hectares cover fourteen appellations: regional Bourgogne, village wines in Morey-Saint-Denis, Gevrey-Chambertin, and Chambolle-Musigny, five Premier Crus, and two Grand Crus, Clos de la Roche and Charmes-Chambertin. The soils are limestone and clay-limestone, facing east and southeast at between 220 and 300 metres.

The flagship is the Grand Cru Clos de la Roche, the largest Grand Cru in Morey-Saint-Denis. The Amiot parcel is 56 ares across three sites within the clos: Monts Luisants at the top of the slope, Fremières mid-slope, and Les Chabiots at the bottom. That is three elevations and three soils in one Grand Cru. The family has held its Clos de la Roche for at least four generations.

The three roses on every Amiot label carry the motto “Sans varier,” from the Counts of Vergy, whose domain included these hillsides centuries before the appellation system existed. It means to continue without varying: to stay faithful to the terroir year after year, whatever the vintage brings.

The vineyards are hand-harvested, fermented with indigenous yeasts, and aged in oak barrels for up to 18 months.

From the Guide Hachette des Vins

The Guide’s announcement of Léon Amiot as Vigneron de l’Année 2026 in Burgundy.