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François Millet et Fils
Côte de Nuits · Burgundy · France
François Millet et Fils is a small Chambolle-Musigny domaine founded in 2016 by François Millet with his wife Michelle and sons Julien and Adrien; the first bottles appeared with the 2017 vintage. For more than three decades François was cellar master at Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, shaping some of Chambolle’s most closely watched Pinot Noirs before stepping away to bottle under his own name. The family works tiny parcels across the Côte de Nuits — among them Chambolle-Musigny Les Fouchères and Gevrey-Chambertin lieux-dits such as Le Fourneau and Croix des Champs — with a restrained, classical hand: careful sorting, measured extraction and limited new oak. Volumes remain those of a garagiste rather than a grand domaine.
“The wines favour clarity and proportion over power, carrying the cool perfume of Chambolle and the firmer line of Gevrey without the weight of fashion.”
A late, personal chapter from a vigneron who already knew these slopes intimately.
