Domaine ALAIN HUDELOT-NOËLLAT

Founded by Alain Hudelot, he ran the estate for 45 years. In 1978, he married Odile Noëllat (granddaughter of Charles Noëllat), this union brought new vineyard under the domain.2007 was the last vintage of Alain Hudelot, he stepped down in 2008 to allow his grandson Charles Van Canneyt to take over, right after he completed his wine course at Dijon University.This handover was and evolution rather than a revolution.

Charles Van Canneyt respected his grandfather vision. Allowing the terroir to express its emotions. He chose to not intervention and listen closely to Mother Nature before taking actions. Working the soils through ploughing, lower yields, improve the process during harvest, include small percentage of whole bunch for the maceration.

Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat is one of the 3 fortunate producers to have both Romanée-Saint-Vivant (0.5ha) and Richebourg (0.33ha), alongside Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Domaine Leroy. Around the world, every top collector is looking for these two wines, it is also the case for his Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru ‘Les Malconsorts’ and Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru ‘Les Suchots’. Charles Van Canneyt offers great village level wines with a very good ratio quality for the value.

The domaine covers 10 hectares, spread over 4 villages and 15 appellations. Most of his plots have very old vines, planted in the 1930s’, 50s’. Charles Van Canneyt is meticulous, he pays attention to every detail, drastic sorting, most of the bunches will be de-stemmed and go in concrete tanks. Cold maceration of 10 days, followed by fermentation with natural yeast. Few punching down and pumping over, with the last element being slow pressed, and limited extraction. He has updated the winery and his vineyards have been organically managed since 2019. 20% new oak for village level wines, 30-50% for premiers crus and grands crus. The oak he selects come from French forest: Allier, Vosges and Citeaux.