Restaurant : The Terroir (21)

Reception/Setting: facing the fountain, on the square of the same name, a solid maison Made of stone. Inside, a comfortable and simply decorated room. Perfect welcome.

La Table: the name doesn't lie! Here, Burgundy's local produce takes center stage, with a dedicated menu featuring regional classics: eggs meurette, snails, coq au vin, Époisses cheese, and Marc de Bourgogne soufflé. But chef Fabien Benoît, who delighted gourmets in his restaurant of Mercurey In the early 2000s, it also knew how to think outside the box. The €35 menu includes: cucumber mille-feuille, cream cheese, smoked trout, horseradish and dill, tarragon sorbet; fish of the day, vanilla sauce or roasted duck breast, peach and snow peas, four-spice honey sauce; plum clafoutis, blackberry coulis. Masterful cuisine, made with fresh ingredients. Corinne and Fabrice Germain, who ran the maison The owners, who had been with the business for thirty-five years, sold it at the end of 2024. But the new owners have kept the same team, both in the kitchen and in the dining room.

The Wine Cellar: Experienced sommelier Dominique Jayet oversees the 350 wines stored in a 15th-century cellar. Many producers regularly featured in our pages are represented here: Jean-Marc Bouley , domaine Jessiaume, Jacques Prieur, Tollot-Beaut, Jean-Marc and Hugues Pavelot, Chevalier Langoureau, Vincent and Sophie Morey, etc. The prices are very reasonable ( Mercurey Theulot-Juillot 2023 at €40, Givry 1er cru Crausot François Lumpp 2022 at €70…). Wide selection of wines from Santenay , and many references in half-bottles and magnums.

Place du Jet-d'Eau, at Santenay (21). Tel. 03 80 20 63 47. Set menus and packages from €25 to €74.

Jean Philippe Chapelon

Freelance Journalist