A FAMILY HISTORY…
THE FAMILY DOMAINE IS NOW OPERATED BY RÉMI POISOT, SON AND GRANDSON OF MAURICE AND PIERRE POISOT
«A great wine is not the work of one man, it is the result of a constant and refined tradition. There are more than one thousand years of history in an old bottle.»
[Paul Claudel]
Pierre carried out his trade of wine-grower, as head of cultivation at the Maison Louis Latour, until his death on 31 December 1937. Yvonne Poisot then acquired the beneficial rights over the vineyards, which would be shared between her three children in 1979.
From 1902, Pierre's plots were farmed successively, under rental or sharecropping agreements, by Maison Louis Latour, Henri Poisot and Michel Voarick, prior to being taken back in 1986 by Maurice Poisot. This last, married to Marie Louise Piguet, has five children. The third, Rémi, resumed cultivation in June 2010.
Only Maurice's and France's plots remain of the original estate, Henri having sold his in 1990.
…AND PERSONAL
AFTER 28 YEARS AT SEA, THE CALL OF THE LAND PROVED STRONGER. A NEW ADVENTURE BEGAN IN JUNE 2010
«Free man,
always shalt thou cherish the sea!»
[Charles Baudelaire]
Twenty-eight years later, having travelled almost all the seas of the globe, captained two ships, served on eight others, including the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, he felt the call of land. Navy captain he may have been, but can the son, grandson and nephew of wine-growers escape his destiny?
In September 2009, Rémi left the Navy headquarters, located on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, to start retraining at the Vocational Training and Agricultural Promotion Centre in Beaune. So, twenty-four years after his father Maurice, he resumed the cultivation of the family vines in June 2010.
With pride and humility, he intends to walk in the footsteps of his predecessors while contributing his personal touch. In addition, unlike his father, who sold the harvest as grape must and wine to traders local to the region, Rémi today sells part of the production in bottles.
TODAY'S ESTATE
TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER HIS FATHER, RÉMI NOW RUNS THE FAMILY ESTATE AND SELLS ITS PRODUCTION HIMSELF.
«In this world, there is nothing so serious as cultivating the vine»
[Voltaire]
Today, Rémi cultivates and markets the following appellations:
- PERNAND-VERGELESSES village – Blanc
- PERNAND-VERGELESSES 1er cru En Caradeux – Red
- CORTON BRESSANDES Grand cru – Red
- CORTON CHARLEMAGNE Grand cru – White
- ROMANEE SAINT-VIVANT Grand cru – Red
In keeping with the family history, the cellar and the wine cellar where the grapes are vinified are located in Aloxe-Corton; this small village of great renown, entirely dedicated to the vine, had the name of the Grand Cru "Corton" appended to that of Aloxe by an Imperial Decree dated March 22, 1862.