Champy, Albert Morot: a busy news cycle in Beaune!

Founded in Beaune in 1720, making it, to our knowledge, the oldest maison Champy, a Burgundy winery still in operation, will soon turn a page with the announced departure next year of Dimitri Bazas, the winemaker of the maison since 1999 and the arrival of the young and friendly Jérémie Carré, originally from Volnay where his parents ran the domaine Carré-Courbin until 2006.

Having arrived from his native Macedonia (he is originally from Thessaloniki), Dimitri Bazas first worked for nearly 10 years alongside Kyriakos Kinigopoulos at SGS (now Burgundia Oenologie) before taking over the reins of the Eiffel-style winery (built in 1891) of the maison Champy.

A new chapter for Champy

Dimitri Bazas will therefore have gone through a turbulent period of the maison marked by the progressive constitution of the domaine which today covers 21 hectares (10 of which are on Pernand-Vergelesses ), through the development of the trade (today for the equivalent of 20 hectares), but also through the sale of Champy in 2014 by the Meurgey family to Mr. Beuchet and then, two years later, following the frost of 2016 where it only produced a quarter of a normal production, the resale in October 2016 to Advini; this group based in the south of France now operates 2000 hectares of vines in France and Australia and employs 1000 people.

In Burgundy, Advini has also owned the maison Laroche, at Chablis The two Burgundy entities have been led since 2023 by Jean-Baptiste Mouton: “We wanted to take the time to ensure a smooth transition between Dimitri and Jérémie so that the latter could fully absorb the culture.” maison to write a new chapter together."

Having joined Champy in January 2026, Jérémie Carré holds a National Diploma in Oenology (since 2017) and a degree in Viticulture. He sees this first year as a period of observation, even though he will soon have some clear objectives, such as completing the organic viticulture certification for the entire vineyard. domaine (50% is currently certified) which must be obtained in 2028. He also plans to resume biodynamic farming on the first and grand cru wines, or to age some of the wines in larger containers than 228-litre barrels to bring freshness to the wines.

Champy is a story, a domaine , a trading business, but also a very complete wine tourism offering to discover in its listed buildings on rue du Grenier à Sel, in the small streets of the center of Beaune .

At the end of June, Sophie Desmazières Poitrinal and Guillaume Poitrinal, also president of the heritage foundation, the owners since the end of 2023 of domaine Albert Morot , at Beaune , after 18 months of work, inaugurated their "new" property; an ambitious project blending luxury wine tourism and domaine viticulture.

Founded in 1820 in the city center and located near the Bouzaize park since 1880, the domaine today covers 8 hectares of vineyards Beaune And Savigny -THE- Beaune In addition to this, there is a trading activity involving the purchase of grapes equivalent to 2.5 hectares. Pierre-Jean Villa, a renowned winemaker from the northern part of the valley... Rhône who began her career in Burgundy in 1992, "she gave me everything and taught me everything," before becoming a prophet in her own land, was entrusted with the position of stage manager of this domaine a benchmark which has the particularity of having a vast cellar for aging in bottles; in a few years mature wines will be offered to customers.

Make way for Château Morot

The project also includes a significant wine tourism component since the Château Morot, as it is called today, has therefore been completely renovated in maison luxury accommodations will only be available for booking in their entirety: 10 bedrooms and a maximum of 15 guests. Guests of the domaine historic guests benefit from an exclusive wine tasting and a private tour of the Eiffel-style cellars.

Christophe TUPINIER

Rédacteur en chef des dégustations