Albert Bichot

According to the house, the first traces of the Bichot family date back to 1214, and the family settled in Burgundy in 1350 in its fief of Châteauneuf-en-Auxois. Its coat of arms carries a doe (biche). In 1831 Bernard Bichot founded a wine trading business in his name in Monthélie. His son Hippolyte succeeded him and bought the first vines in Volnay. Hippolyte's son Albert Bichot, the first to bear the name, settled the business in the centre of Beaune in 1912. The second Albert Bichot, born in 1900, travelled to North America, Asia and Oceania to introduce the house's wines. In the second half of the 20th century his four sons, Albert, Bernard, Bénigne and Jean-Marc, inherited this know-how, and the house built a large ageing cellar, a new bottling centre and a winery.

• 1214: first traces of the Bichot family; 1350: settled in Burgundy at Châteauneuf-en-Auxois
• 1831: Bernard Bichot founded a wine trading business in Monthélie
• Hippolyte Bichot bought the house's first vines in Volnay
• 1912: Albert Bichot settled the business in the centre of Beaune

Albéric Bichot joined the company in the early 1990s and took over its management in 1996, after taking part in expeditions in the Great Canadian North alongside Nicolas Vanier and on the borders of Adélie Land in Antarctica. Decanter's Andy Howard MW described him in 2020 as the sixth generation to run the family house. According to the house, Albéric Bichot developed the upstream control undertaken in the 1980s and began to expand vinification capacity and the ageing cellars in 2010. The house's winery in the centre of Beaune, devoted to regional appellations, was entirely renovated in 2008. The house was a major and founding patron of the candidature that put Burgundy's climats on UNESCO's World Heritage List on 4 July 2015. As of September 2026, the house's team page names Matthieu Mangenot, who joined in 2007 as manager of Domaine Long-Depaquit and became Assistant Technical Director at the Beaune head office in 2018; Louis Gimonnet, Estate Manager of Domaine Long-Depaquit since July 2021; Cyrille Jacquelin, in charge of vinifications at Domaine du Clos Frantin since 2005; and Christophe Chauvel, who joined the Albert Bichot estates in 1999 and whose management covers the Côte-d'Or estates and Domaine Adélie.

• 1996: Albéric Bichot took over management of the house
• 2008: Beaune winery for regional appellations entirely renovated; 2010: expansion of vinification capacity and ageing cellars began
• Major and founding patron of the UNESCO World Heritage candidature of Burgundy's climats, inscribed 4 July 2015
• Team as of September 2026: Matthieu Mangenot, Assistant Technical Director; Louis Gimonnet, Estate Manager at Long-Depaquit; Cyrille Jacquelin, vinifications at Clos Frantin; Christophe Chauvel, Côte-d'Or estates and Domaine Adélie

Domaine Long-Depaquit sits at the heart of the village of Chablis, in the Yonne department, with 52.1 hectares of vines; a new, more eco-friendly winery was built at the estate in 2014. Its Grands Crus are La Moutonne (a monopole), Les Vaudésirs, Les Clos, Les Blanchots, Les Preuses and Bougros, and its Premiers Crus are Montée de Tonnerre, Les Vaucopins, Les Lys, Les Vaillons, Les Beugnons and Montmains. La Moutonne, formerly owned by the monks of Pontigny Abbey, is a 2.35-hectare plot lying 95% in Vaudésir and 5% in Preuses, facing south and south-east, with a slope of nearly 40% in its central part. Domaine du Clos Frantin, an 18th-century estate in Nuits-Saint-Georges, covers 13.2 hectares, of which 3.9 are Premier and Grand Crus; its holdings include a 1.76-hectare parcel of Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Malconsorts, which Decanter described in 2020 as the largest holding in that climat, and a 1-hectare Echezeaux plot in the Champs Traversins climat. Château-Gris stands in Nuits-Saint-Georges in the middle of a 3.4-hectare walled, terraced vineyard, and takes its name from the grey colour of its slate roof; it produces the Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Château-Gris monopole and the white Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Terrasses monopole. Domaine du Pavillon, south of Pommard, has 19.5 hectares of vines including nearly 4 hectares of its Pommard Clos des Ursulines monopole, and its Grands Crus include the Corton Clos des Maréchaudes monopole; its winery was modernized in 2016. Domaine Adélie in Mercurey has 7.4 hectares and is named after Albéric Bichot's daughter, born in 2003; Decanter dates the estate's creation to 2005. Domaine de Rochegrès covers 4.9 hectares of the 660-hectare Moulin-à-Vent appellation, at the heart of the Rochegrès single vineyard.

• Domaine Long-Depaquit (Chablis): 52.1 ha; six Grands Crus including the La Moutonne monopole
• Domaine du Clos Frantin (Nuits-Saint-Georges): 13.2 ha, of which 3.9 ha are Premier and Grand Crus
• Château-Gris (Nuits-Saint-Georges): 3.4 ha walled vineyard; Domaine du Pavillon (Pommard): 19.5 ha
• Domaine Adélie (Mercurey): 7.4 ha; Domaine de Rochegrès (Moulin-à-Vent): 4.9 ha

Domaine du Clos Frantin's vineyards have been certified organic since 2012, and from the 2018 vintage the wines of Clos Frantin, Château-Gris, Domaine du Pavillon and Domaine Adélie bear the certified organic wine label. Domaine Long-Depaquit has been certified HVE (High Environmental Value) Level 3 since 2019. The house's November 2025 press release states that five of its six estates are certified organic. In the cellar, wine is transferred from the vats or barrels by gravity and matured in casks for 12 to 18 months, using oak barrels of different origins such as Tronçais and Allier. The house bought its first barrel at the Hospices de Beaune auction in 1876. Decanter reported in 2020 that the company had been the largest buyer at the annual auction for 20 years, and at the 165th auction on 16 November 2025 it was the leading buyer, with 85.5 barrels for €4,516,500, including 22 barrels of Grand Cru, representing 25% of the sale's total value and 16% of its volume.

• Clos Frantin vineyards certified organic since 2012; certified organic wine label on Clos Frantin, Château-Gris, Pavillon and Adélie wines from the 2018 vintage
• Long-Depaquit certified HVE Level 3 since 2019; five of six estates certified organic per the house's 2025 press release
• Gravity transfers to the cellars; 12 to 18 months in cask
• Hospices de Beaune: first barrel bought in 1876; leading buyer in 2025 with 85.5 barrels and 25% of the sale's value

Primary sources (producer's own site): https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/a-family-saga_7.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/the-albert-bichot-spirit_38.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/our-convictions_26.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/the-people-behind-the-art_27.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/domaine-long-depaquit_22.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/domaine-du-clos-frantin_20.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/chateau-gris_25.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/domaine-du-pavillon_21.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/domaine-adelie_23.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/domaine-de-rochegres_24.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/the-hospices-de-beaune_76.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/wines_4.html, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/chablis-grand-cru-moutonne-monopole_137, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/chablis-grand-cru-les-clos_134, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/chablis-1er-cru-les-vaillons_140, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/pommard-clos-des-ursulines-monopole_1, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/vosne-romanee-1er-cru-les-malconsorts_15, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/echezeaux-grand-cru_13, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/nuits-saint-georges-1er-cru-chateau-gris-monopole_125, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/rochegres-moulin-a-vent_150, https://www.albert-bichot.com/en/bourgogne-pinot-noir-origines_106. Secondary sources: Bourgogne Wines (BIVB) press release, 17 November 2025 (https://www.bourgogne-wines.com/press/165th-hospices-de-beaune-wine-auction-albert-bichot-renews-its-commitment,2333,9344.html?args=Y29tcF9pZD0xNDc1JmFjdGlvbj12aWV3RGV0YWlsQ29tbXVuaXF1ZSZpZD0yNzkyJmFydGljbGVfbGliZWxsZT0xNjV0aCtIb3NwaWNlcytkZStCZWF1bmUrV2luZStBdWN0aW9uJTNBK0FsYmVydCtCaWNob3QrcmVuZXdzK2l0cytjb21taXRtZW50fA%3D%3D); Decanter, Andy Howard MW, 5 May 2020 (https://www.decanter.com/premium/exploring-quality-at-maison-albert-bichot-plus-17-wines-worth-seeking-out-437157/). Where the producer's site and a secondary source disagree, the producer's site governs. Last verified 2026-09-23