Domaine Dujac

Jacques Seysses, who was not born in Burgundy, founded Domaine Dujac in 1968. At the age of 25, after a few years working for the family-owned biscuit manufacturing company, he left the business world and learned winemaking with Gérard Potel at the Domaine de la Pousse d'Or in Volnay during the 1966 and 1967 harvests. In 1968 he bought the Domaine Graillet in Morey-Saint-Denis and renamed it Domaine Dujac, a pun on his first name. Graillet had vines in Clos de la Roche, Clos St.Denis, and Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Combottes and had sold everything in bulk to the négoce; Burgundy Report's 2009 profile puts its size at about 4.5 hectares. By the start of the 1969 vintage, 0.7 hectares of Echézeaux and 0.30 hectares of Bonnes-Mares had been added. In 1973 Jacques married Rosalind, who quickly became a key member of the team. Jeremy Seysses started working at the estate in 1998, his wife Diana joined in 2001, and his brother Alec in 2003. In 2009 Jeremy managed the vinifications, Diana, a UC Davis graduate in oenology, managed the cellar, and Alec was taking on administrative duties; the second generation has since taken over the estate under the benevolent gaze of the founders. The estate grew from 5 hectares in 1968 to 11 hectares in 1977 and 15.5 hectares in 2005, and covers 17.5 hectares today. In 2005 Dujac took part in a joint purchase of vineyard parcels from Thomas-Moillard. In 2014 the domaine acquired leased vineyards in the Puligny-Montrachet Premiers Crus Folatières and Combettes, and it now produces wines in both the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune.

• 1966 and 1967: harvests with Gérard Potel at the Domaine de la Pousse d'Or in Volnay
• 1968: purchase of the Domaine Graillet in Morey-Saint-Denis, renamed Domaine Dujac
• Growth: 5 ha (1968), 11 ha (1977), 15.5 ha (2005), 17.5 ha today
• 2014: leased Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru vineyards in Folatières and Combettes

The estate was certified organic in 2011. Its experiment in organic farming began in 2001 with 4 hectares and was gradually extended until 2008, when the entire estate was managed organically. Biodynamic practices were introduced in 2003 and are now used throughout the estate. Vines are pruned in either Cordon de Royat or Guyot-Poussard, the vineyards are plowed to avoid using weed killer, and organic compost is used occasionally. Green harvesting is practiced when necessary. The domaine employs an average of one person all year round for every two hectares, about twenty-five seasonal workers in season, and around sixty pickers at harvest, when the grapes are always hand-picked.

• Organic: 4 ha from 2001, whole estate by 2008, certified 2011
• Biodynamic practices introduced in 2003, now used throughout the estate
• Pruning in Cordon de Royat or Guyot-Poussard; plowing instead of weed killer
• One year-round vineyard worker per two hectares; around sixty pickers at the hand harvest

The domaine describes its style as favoring balance and freshness rather than powerful wines, aiming for elegant wines with supple and well-integrated tannins. Winemaking is relatively simple and non-interventionist. Grapes are vinified with little or no destemming, depending on the nature of the vintage, and only indigenous yeasts are used. Fermentation lasts about two weeks, with some light punching down at the start and pumping over towards the end. After a light pressing in a pneumatic press, the wines are transferred to the cellar by gravity and spend 14 to 18 months in oak barrels. The domaine buys its wood two years in advance and uses a significant proportion of new wood. As of 2009, Dujac reds were bottled without fining most years and unfiltered in all.

• Little or no destemming, depending on the vintage
• Indigenous yeasts only; fermentation of about two weeks
• Transfer to the cellar by gravity; 14 to 18 months in oak barrels
• Barrel wood bought two years in advance; a significant proportion of new wood

The domaine's reds run from village Chambolle-Musigny and Morey-Saint-Denis Rouge through the Premiers Crus Chambolle-Musigny Les Gruenchers, Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes, Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru, Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts, and Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts to seven Grands Crus: Échezeaux, Bonnes Mares, Chambertin, Charmes Chambertin, Clos de la Roche, Romanée Saint Vivant, and Clos Saint Denis. The whites are Bourgogne Blanc, Morey-Saint-Denis Blanc, Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru Les Monts Luisants, and the Puligny-Montrachet Premiers Crus Les Folatières and Les Combettes. The domaine's Clos de la Roche covers 1 ha 95 ares 37 ca and its Clos Saint-Denis 129 ares 50 ca. The Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru draws on the lieux-dits Les Millandes, Les Charrières, Les Ruchots, and Les Sorbès. In 2000 the domaine set up Dujac Fils & Père, a négoce line of more accessible wines with an emphasis on fruit, made from grapes bought close to the winery that the team harvests itself; its wines are Morey-Saint-Denis Rouge, Chambolle-Musigny, Gevrey-Chambertin, and Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Les Cras.

• Clos de la Roche Grand Cru: 1 ha 95 ares 37 ca of Pinot Noir
• Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru Aux Malconsorts: 1 ha 56 ares 78 ca
• Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Les Folatières: 1 ha 17 ares 63 ca of Chardonnay
• Dujac Fils & Père négoce line, set up in 2000; generally ready to drink a bit earlier than the domaine wines

Primary sources (producer's own site): https://www.dujac.com/en/the-domain, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/echezeaux-grand-cru, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/bonnes-mares-grand-cru, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/chambolle-musigny-premier-cru-les-gruenchers, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/gevrey-chambertin-premier-cru-aux-combottes, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/chambolle-musigny, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/morey-saint-denis-rouge-domaine, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/chambertin-grand-cru, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/charmes-chambertin-grand-cru, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/clos-de-la-roche-grand-cru, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/morey-saint-denis-premier-cru, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/morey-saint-denis-premier-cru-les-monts-luisants-blanc, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/vosne-romanee-premier-cru-les-beaux-monts, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/vosne-romanee-premier-cru-aux-malconsorts, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/romanee-saint-vivant-grand-cru, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/morey-saint-denis-blanc-domaine, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/bourgogne-blanc, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/clos-saint-denis-grand-cru, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/puligny-montrachet-premier-cru-les-folatieres, https://www.dujac.com/en/our-wines/puligny-montrachet-premier-cru-les-combettes. Secondary sources: https://www.bourgogne-wines.com/winegrowers-and-expertise/passionate-men-and-women/dujac-morey-saint-denis-21220,2507,9363.html, https://www.burgundy-report.com/burgundy-report-extra/07-2009/profile-domaine-dujac-morey-st-denis/, https://www.winespectator.com/articles/burgundys-maison-moillard-is-sold-4212. Where the producer's site and a secondary source disagree, the producer's site governs. Last verified 2026-10-12