Born and bred in Marsannay, but not from a winemaking family, Sylvain had to start from scratch when he wanted a domaine of his own. He went to wine school in Beaune at the age of just 14 and then to wine university in Bordeaux in order to become a winemaker. Viticulture is organic with some biodynamic preparations.

Méchalots is a tiny .3 hectare plot of vines towards the bottom of the hill in Marsannay. A wonderfully pure and taut Bourgogne Blanc with Sylvain’s signature reductiveness, steely minerality and great drive and tension.