Corney & Barrow 

François Labet’s Burgundian winemaking lineage dates back to the 15th century. The Labet name is highly regarded as the family behind Château de La Tour, the largest single estate (15 hectares) in Burgundy’s famous Clos de Vougeot vineyard. Similarly the wines of Domaine Pierre Labet, from the family’s 8.3 hectares of vineyards in Savigny, Meursault and Chorey in the Côte de Beaune, share the family’s reputed winemaking pedigree, based on organic farming and a meticulous approach in the vineyard and cellar alike. François Labet’s hands-on attitude carries through to his own-label wines, made with grapes sourced from small growers with old vines (those in Marsannay date from 1964 and 1979), and lavished with Labet’s kid-glove winemaking treatment. The resulting wines offer a taste of the elegance and finesse of the grands vins which established the Labet name generations ago.

Photo: François Labet