Jean-Marc Boillot is the grandson of Etienne Sauzet and was a winemaker with Olivier Leflaive. With such background and experience, it should come as no surprise that he makes exceptional wines. He is one of the few in Burgundy who makes excellent, both white and red. He founded his mansion in 1985, with leased land, but quickly added plots of land to his grandfather (Volnay and Pommard) and his grandmother (whites, who are a third of Domaine Etienne Sauzet). All whites, with the exception of Grand Cru, are vinified in the same way: pressing whole bunches, sieving for 24 hours, then straight into 25-30% new barrels, stirring, once a week the sludge and bottling before the next harvest. They are clean, fresh, attractive wines. The reds are separated into grains and passed through a dove bath before fermentation. This is followed by 13 months of aging in 50% new barrels and another 6 months of maturation in a tank before the wine is bottled.