François de Nicolay

François de Nicolay, manager of the Chandon de Briailles family estate in Savigny-Lès-Beaune, decided in the early 2000s to build a small “winemaker – producer – bottler” trading house. According to him, you can only make good wines with good raisins, a simple and pure evidence for François.

The philosophy of the house is to produce wines without artifice, without additives, from organic and/or biodynamic grapes cultivation, or in the process of transition to organic cultivation.

He ensures that the supplies of grapes, must or wine are of optimal quality, this is why he can afford to make pure wines without inputs. Thus, you will find at Maison François de Nicolay some cuvées made without added sulphites and other cuvées with an extremely low dose of sulphur.

The aging takes place in an old cellar in Savigny-Lès-Beaune, without pumping, filtration or fining and bottling is done by hand directly from the barrel.
It is an artisanal work which allows not to add sulfur and which provides the wine with all its original freshness. Natural and living wines, inventors with a master hand.

« J’aime les vins qui vibrent, qui donnent du plaisir et de l’envie. » François de Nicolay