Renaud Boyer Bourgogne Aligote 2023

Renaud Boyer comes from a family of winemakers, but he is an anomaly in Burgundy.

Located in Meursault with vineyards spread between Saint-Romain, Beaune and Puligny-Montrachet, he became a vigneron from a matter of opportunity.

Trained as an engineer, in late 2001 he was offered the opportunity to take over the vineyards of his cousin, Thierry Guyot, in Saint Romain. These vineyards which were already being farmed in organics since 1986. In 2005 he took over his grandfather’s former cellar, a very simple cellar still to this day, and began work on the 5 hectares in Saint Romain and Puligny-Montrachet by hand and horse.

In the Cote de Beaune and Cote de Nuits, not many choose to work naturally. With land being so expensive they are risk adverse. But Renaud Boyer has no intention of adapting his wines or methods to the expectations of Burgundy.

Surrounding oneself with like minded winemakers for council has been imperative, the two most influential over the past 15 years being Patrick Meyer and Pierre Overnoy.  Renaud chose to focus on the vineyards, 90% of a wine is made in the vineyard. In Burgundy less than 10% of land is farmed in organics.