Loic Dugat-y in his wineyard at Gevrey Chambertin

Domaine Dugat-Py

Domaine Dugat-Py is a family estate in Gevrey-Chambertin, where the Dugat family has grown vines since the early seventeenth century. Bernard Dugat gave it its present name in 1994, and his son Loïc, the thirteenth generation, joined the domaine in 1996. It is known for very old vines, organic farming and four grands crus in Gevrey, and this page gathers its wines in our cellar.

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Thirteen generations in Gevrey

The domaine's history page begins with Hugues Bollenot, born in 1645 to a winegrower of Gevrey-Chambertin. In 1923 Fernand Dugat married Jeanne Bolnot, and the Dugat domaine was created. Bernard Dugat, son of Pierre and Michèle Dugat, made his first wine and bought his first vines in 1975.

Burgundy Report wrote in 2017 that the family began bottling its own wine in the 1970s. Before that, Maison Leroy had long bought wines such as the Champeaux and the Charmes-Chambertin. Bernard married Jocelyne Py in 1979. In 1994 the estate added her maiden name and became Domaine Dugat-Py. Some labels read Bernard Dugat-Py, and they come from the same cellar.

Another estate of the village carries the Dugat name. Domaine Claude Dugat is a separate domaine, with its own wines, and should not be confused with Dugat-Py.

The Aumônerie cellars

The domaine sits in the old part of the village, at the foot of the Combe de Lavaux. Below its buildings lie the cellars of the Aumônerie, a small abbey owned by the abbey of Saint-Bénigne in Dijon from the ninth century. The domaine says the vaulted cellars were built in the eleventh and twelfth centuries under the almoner Halinard. Corney & Barrow, the domaine's agent in Britain, describes vaults six metres high that need no air conditioning. They hold bottles from every vintage since 1950. Halinard is also the name of the domaine's red Bourgogne, made from Gevrey-Chambertin vines declassified to Bourgogne.

Old vines, organic farming and horses

The domaine buys neither grapes nor wine. It uses the words Très Vieilles Vignes for vines more than 65 years old. The family selects the sturdiest old Pinot Noir plants by eye. In 2017 Loïc told Burgundy Report that his great-grandfather had been a nurseryman, hence the old vines and small grapes.

The first organic trials came in 1999, in the Chambertin plot and the vines of the Cœur de Roy. The whole domaine was farmed organically from 2003. France's official organic register shows that it signed up for certification with Bureau Veritas in 2012. In 2017 Loïc told Burgundy Report that the domaine had been certified for only two years. Its British agent adds that the team uses biodynamic preparations and follows the lunar calendar.

In 2006 horses began ploughing several plots: Chambertin, Mazis-Chambertin, the premier cru Fonteny and Les Evocelles. In 2017 Loïc said that two hectares were worked only by horse. In 2018 he began to convert four grand and premier cru plots to tressage. The trellis is raised to 2.2 metres and the long shoots are braided along the top wire instead of being cut.

From Bernard to Loïc

Loïc joined his parents in 1996 while still at university. His first vintage on his own was 2005, says Burgundy Report. His father tended to use all new oak for the premiers and grands crus. Loïc lowered it to about half for the premiers crus and less for the Vosne-Romanée, and the cooper is François Frères. Whole bunches go into the vats in a share that changes with the vintage. In 2024 he told Wine Anorak that the wines keep the Dugat-Py style with his own touch. The same article found him picking early to keep freshness, with ageing of 13 to 20 months. The domaine's website says the wines are not filtered.

The domaine describes its wines as deeply coloured, rich, full-bodied and elegant. It advises keeping them at least six to eight years. Loïc told his agent that great terroirs only wake up after five to ten years in bottle. Of the Mazis, he told Burgundy Report it is massive when young and gains subtlety with age.

The climats and the range

The domaine's four grands crus in Gevrey are Chambertin, from a very small plot, Mazis-Chambertin, Charmes-Chambertin and Mazoyères-Chambertin. Wine Anorak reported in 2024 that the Charmes blends two thirds Charmes with one third Mazoyères near the border. The Gevrey premiers crus include Lavaux Saint-Jacques, in a south-facing side valley, and Petite Chapelle, from three parcels facing Chapelle-Chambertin. There are also Champeaux, on very thin soil, Les Corbeaux, opposite Mazis, Fonteny and La Perrière.

Among the village wines, the Cœur de Roy Très Vieilles Vignes blends old parcels such as Combe du Dessus, Les Marchais and Les Épointures. One of its plots was planted in 1910. Les Evocelles, a Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes and a Vosne-Romanée are also village wines.

In the Côte de Beaune, the domaine bought vines in Pommard and, for white wine, in Meursault in 2003. A plot of white Chassagne-Montrachet premier cru Morgeot followed in 2004, then Corton-Charlemagne and the premier cru Pernand-Vergelesses Sous Frétille in 2011. The whites also include a Puligny-Montrachet premier cru, Champ Gain. The reds of the Côte de Beaune come from Pommard, Monthelie and Beaune, where the domaine has the premier cru Clos des Avaux, and there is Bourgogne in both colours. The wines above are the domaine's bottles in our cellar. See also our organic wines, grand cru and premier cru pages, and the wider range of Burgundy wines.