Domaine Dugat-Py

The family's recorded timeline begins in 1645 with the birth of Hugues Bollenot, son of Etienne Bollenot, a winegrower in the Finage de Gevrey-Chambertin. In 1923 Fernand Dugat married Jeanne Bolnot, resulting in the creation of the Dugat domaine. Before the family began domaine bottling in the 1970s, Maison Leroy had long been a client for wines such as Gevrey-Champeaux and Charmes-Chambertin. Bernard Dugat made his first vinification and first purchase of vines in 1975, and he founded his namesake domaine while also working for his father's estate, Domaine Pierre Dugat. He married Jocelyne Py in 1979, and in 1994 Domaine Dugat-Py was created by adding her maiden name.

• 1645: birth of Hugues Bollenot, son of Etienne Bollenot, winegrower in the Finage de Gevrey-Chambertin
• 1923: Fernand Dugat married Jeanne Bolnot, creating the Dugat domaine
• 1975: Bernard Dugat's first vinification and first purchase of vines
• 1994: Domaine Dugat-Py created, adding the maiden name of Jocelyne Py, whom Bernard married in 1979

Bernard Dugat and his son Loïc are the 12th and 13th generations of the family in Gevrey-Chambertin. Loïc became part of the domaine in 1996 while also studying at university and working on placements with other winegrowers. He made the domaine's first trials with organic viticulture in 1999, and his first vintage made on his own was 2005. The domaine's own site presents Loïc and Bernard Dugat-Py together as the thirteenth generation of winemakers and the estate as their family domaine.

• Bernard Dugat: first vinification in 1975; married Jocelyne Py in 1979
• Loïc Dugat-Py: joined the domaine in 1996; first solo vintage in 2005
• Loïc led the first organic trials in 1999

The estate cultivates 15 hectares, composed of 6 grands crus and 12 premiers crus as well as village and regional appellations. In the Côte de Nuits the red grands crus are Chambertin, Mazis-Chambertin (two cuvées, Mazis-Chambertin Hauts and Mazis-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes), Charmes-Chambertin and Mazoyères-Chambertin. The Gevrey-Chambertin premiers crus are Lavaux St-Jacques, Petite Chapelle, Champeaux, Fonteny, Les Corbeaux and La Perrière, alongside village Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée, Fixin Clos de Fixey Monopole and regional Bourgogne. In the Côte de Beaune the reds include Beaune 1er Cru Les Grèves, Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Avaux and Monthelie 1er Cru Les Riottes, with village wines from Pommard, Aloxe-Corton, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Auxey-Duresses, Chorey-lès-Beaune, Monthelie and Beaune. The whites are Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Sous Frétille, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ Gains, Meursault, Monthelie La Combe Danay and Bourgogne. Dugat-Py took over many of the vines from Domaine Newman. As of November 2017, one-third of the domaine's Mazoyères-Chambertin went into its Charmes-Chambertin cuvée, and the Gevrey-Chambertin Cœur de Roy came mainly from Combe du Dessus, Les Marchais and Les Epointures.

• 2003: acquisition of two plots in the Côte de Beaune, Pommard and Meursault Blanc
• 2004: acquisition of a plot in Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Blanc
• 2009: new vines in Les Evocelles, where the domaine had 7 parcels as of 2017
• 2011: new plots in Corton-Charlemagne and Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Sous Frétille
• Petite Chapelle (as of 2017): three parcels opposite Chapelle-Chambertin, with 60 to 70 year-old vines
• Les Corbeaux (as of 2017): two parcels opposite Mazis, with an average vine age of 65 years

Organic farming began in 1999 in the Chambertin plot and in the vines for Cœur de Roy, and in 2003 the whole domaine went organic. As of November 2017, the domaine had been certified for two years, and 2 hectares were worked only with a horse. Horse-drawn ploughing began in 2006 in several plots: Chambertin, Mazis-Chambertin, 1er Cru Fonteny and Les Evocelles. The domaine's plots are mostly Très Vieilles Vignes, vines of more than 65 years old. Plant material comes from visual selection of the most robust old Pinot Noir vines, and for decades the family used cuttings taken from traditional Pinot Noir Fin vine stock. As of 2017, the largest of the three Mazis-Chambertin parcels had vines of more than 80 years old, worked by horse.

• 1999: first organic year, in the Chambertin plot and the Cœur de Roy vines
• 2003: the whole domaine organic
• 2006: horse-drawn ploughing in Chambertin, Mazis-Chambertin, Fonteny and Les Evocelles
• Très Vieilles Vignes: vines of more than 65 years old

In the old part of the village, at the foot of the Combe de Lavaux, stand the buildings of the Aumônerie, a small abbey that from the 9th century belonged to the St Bénigne Abbey in Dijon. Little remains apart from the cellars, built in the 11th and 12th centuries under the direction of the Aumônier Halinard, and the domaine's wines are aged for 18 to 24 months in these vaulted cellars. In 2004 the domaine renovated and created a new winery. Whole clusters have been used for a long time, more or less depending on the vintage, and in 2017 the cellar used only François Frères barrels. The Chambertin is aged 18 to 26 months in new oak, the Mazis-Chambertin, Charmes-Chambertin, Mazoyères-Chambertin and Lavaux St-Jacques 16 to 18 months in 100 percent new oak, and the Cœur de Roy 16 to 18 months with 80 percent new oak. These wines are bottled unfiltered.

• Cellars built in the 11th and 12th centuries under the Aumônier Halinard
• Ageing of 18 to 24 months in the vaulted cellars
• Chambertin: 18 to 26 months in new oak; unfiltered
• Corton-Charlemagne: 18 to 20 months in 100 percent new oak; unfiltered

The Chambertin, from a parcel of more than 90 years, yields 220 to 270 bottles a year. The Mazis-Chambertin comes from vines averaging 70 years and yields 800 to 1,100 bottles; the Charmes-Chambertin, from vines averaging 35 years, yields 1,800 to 2,400 bottles; and the Mazoyères-Chambertin, from vines averaging 30 years, yields 800 to 1,000 bottles. The village Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvée Cœur de Roy comes from vines of 50 to 99 years, including one parcel planted in 1910, and yields 4,500 to 5,100 bottles a year. The first vintage of the Corton-Charlemagne and of the Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Sous Frétille was 2011; the Corton-Charlemagne is 100 percent Chardonnay from a 45-year-old parcel. As of 2002, wine from Gevrey village vines of 30 years or younger is declassified to Bourgogne Rouge as the Cuvée Halinard.

• Red grands crus: Chambertin, Mazis-Chambertin (two cuvées), Charmes-Chambertin and Mazoyères-Chambertin
• White grand cru: Corton-Charlemagne, first vintage 2011
• Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvée Cœur de Roy Très Vieilles Vignes
• Regional reds: Bourgogne Cuvée Halinard and Bourgogne

The domaine presents its wines, after a minimum of 6 to 8 years of ageing, as 'deeply coloured, rich, full-bodied and elegant.' Writing in 2017, Burgundy Report found 'a special level of concentration and texture with these wines that has to be experienced to be believed.' In Decanter's review of the 2022 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves, Charles Curtis MW wrote that Loïc 'still picks early to limit alcohol and retain freshness,' has retained his whole cluster approach and has cut down on new casks; he scored that wine 92 points. Wine Spectator rated the Charmes-Chambertin 1999 at 93 points in 2002 and called it one of the wines of the vintage.

• Decanter: 92 points for the 2022 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves
• Wine Spectator: 93 points for the Charmes-Chambertin 1999

Primary sources (producer's own site, English and French pages): http://www.dugat-py.com/, http://www.dugat-py.com/history.1_1__.php, http://www.dugat-py.com/history/vin-bourgogne.1_1_79182_79238.php, http://www.dugat-py.com/l-aumonerie.1_2__.php, http://www.dugat-py.com/inimitable-dugat-py.1_3__.php, http://www.dugat-py.com/appellations.1_4__.php, http://www.dugat-py.fr/appellations/vins-rouges.1_4_193942_.php, http://www.dugat-py.fr/appellations/vins-blancs.1_4_193961_.php, http://www.dugat-py.fr/appellations/vins-rouges/vin-bourgogne.0_4_193942_75561.php, http://www.dugat-py.fr/appellations/vins-rouges/vin-bourgogne.0_4_193942_75543.php, http://www.dugat-py.fr/appellations/vins-rouges/vin-bourgogne.0_4_193942_75541.php, http://www.dugat-py.fr/appellations/vins-rouges/vin-bourgogne.0_4_193942_75542.php, http://www.dugat-py.fr/appellations/vins-rouges/vin-bourgogne.0_4_193942_75363.php, http://www.dugat-py.com/news/vin-bourgogne.1_8_79188_175821.php, http://www.dugat-py.fr/appellations/vins-blancs/vin-bourgogne.0_4_193961_123341.php, http://www.dugat-py.fr/appellations/vins-rouges/vin-bourgogne.0_4_193942_75501.php. Secondary sources: Burgundy Report (16 December 2017), Wine Spectator (9 July 2002) and Decanter (review published 27 March 2025): https://www.burgundy-report.com/burgundy-report-extra/11-2017/profile-dugat-py/, https://www.winespectator.com/articles/burgundys-top-producers-1363, https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/burgundy/domaine-dugat-py-tres-vieilles-vignes-beaune-1er-cru-93833/. Last verified 2026-10-14. Where the producer's site and a secondary source disagree, the producer's site governs.