Domaine Faiveley

Domaine Faiveley was founded in 1825 in Nuits-Saint-Georges by Pierre Faiveley, who led the company for more than fifty years. He named the business for his two-year-old son Joseph, so the firm traded for generations as Maison Joseph Faiveley. The family has now run the estate for seven generations. Erwan Faiveley took the helm in 2005; his sister Eve joined him at the domaine in 2014, after earlier careers that took her from Burgundy to Barcelona, the United States, and a marketing role in the Paris luxury cosmetics industry. Eve was the first woman to join the domaine. The family's connection to Burgundy's wine culture also runs through the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin: in 1934, amid the wine-market crisis that had begun in 1929, Georges Faiveley, inspired by a secondhand book on wine brotherhoods, raised the idea with his friend Camille Rodier of inviting fellow Burgundy lovers to share in the region's wines; their conversation led to the founding of the Chevaliers du Tastevin.

• Founded 1825 in Nuits-Saint-Georges by Pierre Faiveley; company named for his two-year-old son Joseph, trading as Maison Joseph Faiveley
• Pierre Faiveley led the company for more than 50 years
• Seven generations of family ownership; Erwan Faiveley took the helm in 2005
• Eve Faiveley joined the domaine in 2014, the first woman to join; she and Erwan are siblings who now run the domaine together
• Georges Faiveley and Camille Rodier founded the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin in 1934, amid the wine-market crisis that began in 1929

The domaine farms more than 120 hectares of vines, among the largest Grand Cru landholdings in Burgundy, with historic holdings across the Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune, and Côte Chalonnaise. In July 2014, Faiveley acquired the 20-hectare Chablis estate of Domaine Billaud-Simon, its first move into Chablis and its second major acquisition within twelve months. The purchase brought four Grand Crus, Les Clos, Les Preuses, Vaudesir, and Les Blanchots, along with four Premier Crus, Montée de Tonnerre, Mont-de-Milieu, Fourchaume, and Vaillons. Announcing the deal, Erwan Faiveley called Billaud-Simon 'a superb brand in Chablis' and pledged to continue in the tradition of the estate's founder Bernard Billaud, focused on the region's Kimmeridgian terroirs. The domaine's current wine list spans Grand Crus including Chambertin Clos de Bèze, Charmes Chambertin, Clos de Vougeot, Echezeaux 'En Orveaux', Latricières Chambertin, Mazis Chambertin, and Musigny in the Côte de Nuits, and Bâtard-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, Corton-Charlemagne, and the flagship Corton Clos des Cortons Faiveley in the Côte de Beaune, alongside Premier Cru monopoles including Gevrey-Chambertin Clos des Issarts, Beaune Clos de l'Ecu, and Mercurey Clos des Myglands, plus Village-tier monopoles Mercurey Clos Rochette and Mercurey La Framboisière in the Côte Chalonnaise.

• More than 120 hectares of vines across the Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune, and Côte Chalonnaise
• July 2014: acquired the 20-hectare Chablis estate of Domaine Billaud-Simon, its first move into Chablis, bringing four Grand Crus (Les Clos, Les Preuses, Vaudesir, Les Blanchots) and four Premier Crus (Montée de Tonnerre, Mont-de-Milieu, Fourchaume, Vaillons)
• Current Côte de Nuits Grand Crus on the estate's own wine list: Chambertin Clos de Bèze, Charmes Chambertin, Clos de Vougeot, Echezeaux 'En Orveaux', Latricières Chambertin, Mazis Chambertin, Musigny
• Current Côte de Beaune Grand Crus: Bâtard-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, Corton-Charlemagne, and the flagship Corton Clos des Cortons Faiveley
• Premier Cru monopoles on the current list: Gevrey-Chambertin Clos des Issarts, Beaune Clos de l'Ecu, and Mercurey Clos des Myglands; Village-tier monopoles Mercurey Clos Rochette and Mercurey La Framboisière round out the Côte Chalonnaise line-up

The domaine's flagship is Clos des Cortons Faiveley, a Corton Grand Cru monopole the family has owned since 1874. The parcel covers 2 hectares, 76 ares, 52 centiares, about 2.77 hectares, and sits above the village of Ladoix on the hill of Corton. Pierre Faiveley bought the vines on 3 March 1874 from the Geisweiler family, a deal that also drew Faiveley into a long-running dispute with the Latour family, then and still today the largest vine owners on the hill of Corton, over use of the Clos des Cortons name. The dispute came to a head during the creation of the AOC system in the 1930s; the ruling ultimately let Faiveley append its family name to the appellation, making Clos des Cortons Faiveley one of only two Grand Crus in Burgundy that carry a proprietor's family name, alongside Romanée-Conti. It is Burgundy's only red Grand Cru on the Côte de Beaune. The soil is dominated by limestone, marl, and clay, strewn with ferruginous oolite. Vines on the parcel were planted across ten different years, from 1932 to as recently as 2019.

• Clos des Cortons Faiveley: Corton Grand Cru monopole owned by the family since 1874; 2 ha 76 a 52 ca, about 2.77 hectares, above the village of Ladoix on the hill of Corton
• Bought 3 March 1874 from the Geisweiler family; the purchase led to a dispute with the Latour family over use of the Clos des Cortons name, resolved during the 1930s creation of the AOC system in a ruling that let Faiveley append its family name
• One of only two Burgundy Grand Crus carrying a proprietor's family name, alongside Romanée-Conti; Burgundy's only red Grand Cru on the Côte de Beaune
• Soil dominated by limestone, marl, and clay, strewn with ferruginous oolite; vines planted across ten years from 1932 to 2019

Jérôme Flous has led the vineyard and winemaking side of the domaine as technical director since 2007. The organic conversion of the estate's vines has proceeded steadily since Flous's arrival that year, as the domaine gradually stopped synthetic treatments and moved to more careful canopy management and debudding. The domaine describes itself as the first Burgundian wine domaine to convert its 120 hectares of vines to organic practices. Faiveley was on track to be certified organic starting with the 2025 vintage, the domaine's bicentenary year. Co-manager Eve Faiveley has said that, alongside the vineyard work itself, one of the hardest parts of the conversion was recruiting and retaining qualified vineyard staff throughout the challenging 2024 vintage.

• Jérôme Flous, technical director since 2007, has led the domaine's viticulture and winemaking
• Organic conversion under way steadily since 2007, with synthetic treatments phased out and canopy management tightened
• Domaine describes itself as the first Burgundian wine domaine to convert its 120 hectares of vines to organic practices
• Organic certification on track from the 2025 vintage, coinciding with the domaine's bicentenary

To mark its 200th anniversary (1825-2025), the domaine entrusted Christie's with an online-only auction of rare bottles from its Nuits-Saint-Georges cellars, held from 5 to 19 November 2025. All proceeds from the sale of the auction's Clos Vougeot lots were pledged to the Fondation du Patrimoine to help restore the Château du Clos de Vougeot. On 16 January 2026, at the Château du Clos de Vougeot, Erwan Faiveley presented the Fondation du Patrimoine with a cheque for 46,000 euros toward restoring the Château's northeastern tower, in the presence of the Fondation's president Guillaume Poitrinal, its Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional delegate Jean-Christophe Bonnard, and the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin's Grand Master Jean-François Curie and secretary general Arnaud Orsel. The donation closed out the domaine's bicentenary celebrations.

• Bicentenary (1825-2025) marked by a Christie's online-only auction of rare cellar bottles, held 5-19 November 2025
• All proceeds from the auction's Clos Vougeot lots pledged to the Fondation du Patrimoine for restoring the Château du Clos de Vougeot
• 16 January 2026: Erwan Faiveley presented a 46,000-euro cheque to the Fondation du Patrimoine for the Château's northeastern tower, closing out the bicentenary celebrations
• Presentation attended by Fondation du Patrimoine president Guillaume Poitrinal, its regional delegate Jean-Christophe Bonnard, and Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin officers Jean-François Curie and Arnaud Orsel

Beyond winemaking, the domaine works to restore and preserve its historic buildings, including the '38' vat house in Nuits-Saint-Georges, renovated in 2018 by architect Gilles Gauvain, and the Clos des Issarts villa in the hills behind Gevrey-Chambertin. The domaine is a Great Founder Patron of the Association for the Climats de Bourgogne, the body behind the Climats' UNESCO World Heritage listing. Biodiversity efforts include around twenty beehives placed across the domaine's vineyards, minimal ploughing, and planting indigenous trees and hedges. In April 2022 the domaine installed an original bronze cast of Auguste Rodin's 'Le Baiser' ('The Kiss') in the courtyard of its vat house, a tribute to Maurice Fenaille, uncle of the family's great-grandmother Marthe and a lifelong patron of Rodin; the domaine named its Chambertin Clos de Bèze 'Les Ouvrées Rodin' cuvee in the artist's honor. The restored Clos des Issarts villa, whose restoration began in 2017 under architect Christian Laporte, today houses an artist's residence for Dijon-born artist Laëtitia de Bazelaire. Proceeds from the domaine's paid tours and tastings are donated to two causes: the Château du Clos de Vougeot and the Rodin Museum.

• The '38' historic vat house in Nuits-Saint-Georges was renovated in 2018 by architect Gilles Gauvain; the domaine is a Great Founder Patron of the Association for the Climats de Bourgogne (UNESCO World Heritage)
• Biodiversity practices include around twenty beehives across the vineyards, minimal ploughing, and planting indigenous trees and hedges
• April 2022: installed an original bronze cast of Rodin's 'Le Baiser' in the vat house courtyard, honoring family patron-of-Rodin ancestor Maurice Fenaille; the Chambertin Clos de Bèze 'Les Ouvrées Rodin' cuvee carries the same tribute
• The restored Clos des Issarts villa (restoration begun 2017, architect Christian Laporte) now houses an artist's residence for Laëtitia de Bazelaire; tour and tasting proceeds are donated to the Château du Clos de Vougeot and the Rodin Museum

This article was rebuilt from Domaine Faiveley's own site (domaine-faiveley.com) and independent press coverage, fetched and verified on 2026-09-13. Primary: domaine-faiveley.com home, history ('A family rooted in history'), 'Guardians of a legacy', 'Our oustanding wines & terroirs', 'The earth strength', 'Visit Us', 'Rodin & the Art of Encounters', News, the '200th Anniversary' auction announcement, the Fondation du Patrimoine donation announcement, and the Corton Clos des Cortons Faiveley wine page. Secondary: Burgundy-Report.com (Clos des Cortons Faiveley vineyard profile), The Drinks Business (Billaud-Simon acquisition, 2014; Williams Selyem majority stake, 2024), The Press Democrat (Williams Selyem majority stake, 2024), Decanter (organic conversion and bicentenary reporting; Billaud-Simon acquisition, 2014), and Wine Spectator (Erwan Faiveley's 2005 succession). Per PRIMARY-GOVERNS, the estate's own site controls on self-knowledge facts; independent press fills gaps the site does not cover, with conflicts logged in conflicts.json.

• Primary sources: domaine-faiveley.com, 11 pages fetched 2026-09-13 (P1-P11 in sources/)
• Secondary sources: Burgundy-Report, The Drinks Business (x2), The Press Democrat, Decanter (x2), Wine Spectator, 7 pages fetched 2026-09-13 (S1-S7 in sources/)
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