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 already convinced that upstream control was essential. His son Albert Bichot the first to bear the name gave the family business new momentum in the late 19th century and settled in the centre of Beaune once and for all in 1912. The second Albert Bichot who was born in 1900 was a pioneer of international commerce. North America Asia Oceania… He travelled incessantly in order to introduce our wines which were already recognized as being among the best to wine lovers around the world.

Based on notes of toast and a touch of vanilla, the nose opens up to a pleasing fruity-floral bouquet with nuances of white peach and hawthorn. This well-balanced, structured wine is long on the palate with a hint of sucrosity and gorgeous minerality.