Domaine Maillard Père & Fils

The Maillard family has been involved in Burgundian viticulture since 1766, but for most of that long history the work sat alongside the polyculture typical of pre-phylloxera Côte d'Or villages: cereals, livestock, and a small share of vines. The estate as it is known today was created in 1952, when Daniel Maillard set up his own domaine in Chorey-lès-Beaune with about two hectares of vines. The post-war timing matters. Burgundy in the 1950s was shifting from a negociant-dominated trade toward direct domaine bottling, and a new generation of growers across the Côte was carving out independent estates from inherited fragments. Daniel expanded steadily across the following decades, adding parcels in surrounding communes and building the structural footprint that the next generation inherited. The framing of the estate as a multi-century negociant house is a misread; the current domaine has a clear and recent origin year and a clear founding figure.

• Maillard family cultivated vines in Burgundy from 1766, alongside the mixed-farming pattern typical of pre-phylloxera Côte d'Or villages
• Domaine Maillard Père & Fils was founded in 1952 by Daniel Maillard with about two hectares
• Daniel expanded the estate across the next four decades, adding parcels in surrounding Côte de Beaune communes
• The contemporary operation is a domaine working estate-grown fruit, not a multi-century negociant house

Daniel's sons Alain and Pascal Maillard now run the estate together with a small team of about eight people. The division of work follows a pattern common to family domaines on the Côte: Alain focuses on the vineyards (pruning, plantation, viticultural decisions), while Pascal handles the cellar and the commercial side (vinification, élevage, and the relationships with distributors and private clients). The continuity of the family signature on the labels, Père & Fils, reflects both the working partnership between Daniel and his sons and the broader inherited tradition. The estate is intentionally medium-sized rather than expanded toward négociant scale, which keeps the work hands-on across all eight communes where the family holds vines.

• Alain Maillard runs the vineyard work; Pascal Maillard runs winemaking and commercial work
• Small team of about eight people across the estate
• Domaine has intentionally remained at family scale rather than expanding toward négociant size
• Père & Fils label reflects both the partnership between Daniel and his sons and the broader family tradition

The approximately 19 hectares of Maillard vines sit across eight Côte de Beaune communes. Chorey-lès-Beaune, the home village just north of Beaune, anchors the Village range. Adjacent holdings extend across the Hill of Corton to Aloxe-Corton (with Premier Cru in Les Grandes Lolières) and Ladoix-Serrigny on the eastern flank, and out across the Côte to Beaune (Premier Cru holdings), Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, and Savigny-lès-Beaune at the Village level. The apex of the range comes from the Corton-Renardes climat on the southeast face of the Corton hill. Renardes is a Grand Cru parcel within the broader Corton appellation, which is unusual in Burgundy in producing both red and white wines from the same hill. Maillard bottles Corton Rouge and Corton Blanc from Renardes; the white shares the Corton hill with the more famous Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru immediately upslope, but it is a distinct Grand Cru appellation rather than the same wine.

• Approximately 19 hectares across eight communes: Chorey-lès-Beaune (home), Aloxe-Corton, Pommard, Beaune, Ladoix, Meursault, Volnay, Savigny-lès-Beaune
• Premier Cru holdings: Aloxe-Corton Les Grandes Lolières, plus Premier Cru in Beaune
• Grand Cru: Corton (red and white) from the Corton-Renardes climat on the southeast flank of the Corton hill
• Corton Blanc from Renardes is a distinct appellation from Corton-Charlemagne, which sits on the upper limestone band of the same hill

The Maillard cellar follows traditional Côte de Beaune practice. Hand-harvested fruit moves to the Chorey-lès-Beaune cellar for sorting; reds ferment after destemming with restrained extraction and a moderate proportion of new oak that climbs by tier, with Grand Cru cuvées seeing the highest share. Whites are barrel-fermented and raised in French oak. The estate's vineyard work is described as traditional in approach, with the family keeping the workflow at a manageable scale rather than scaling up toward négociant volumes. The contemporary range balances the Chorey Village wines that anchor the entry tier with the Premier Cru bottlings from Aloxe-Corton and Beaune and the Corton Grand Cru bottlings as the apex of the lineup. The house style is recognizable across the range: structured Pinot Noir with classical Côte de Beaune balance, and whites that lean toward the typically firm, drier Côte de Beaune register rather than the riper or oakier style associated with some of the larger negociant houses.

• Hand-harvest into the Chorey-lès-Beaune cellar; reds fermented after destemming with restrained extraction
• Whites barrel-fermented and raised in French oak; new oak proportions tiered by appellation level
• Range spans Village (Chorey, Ladoix, Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Savigny), Premier Cru (Aloxe-Corton Les Grandes Lolières, Beaune), and Grand Cru (Corton Rouge and Corton Blanc from Renardes)
• House style sits in the classical Côte de Beaune register: structured Pinot Noir and firmer drier whites at family-domaine scale