The history of Clos des Vignes du Maynes dates back to the year 910; the first date when written trace has been found specifying the existence of the Clos in Cruzille. The monks (”moines” in French) of the Abbey in Cluny worked these “Moynes” vines for many years. In 1540, the place which was called “Vignes du Moynes” became “Vignes du Maynes." Long owned by the Lords of the Château de Cruzille, the estate then belonged to five generations of farmers before being acquired in 1952 by Pierre and Jeanne Guillot. From the outset, Pierre elected to make wines using organic farming, without any chemicals, weedkillers, insecticides and without sulfur. Julien Guillot took over the estate from his father in 2001 and decided to convert all 7 hectares to Biodynamic cultivation.

The Clos des Vignes du Maynes is a 7 hectare enclosure with a full east exposure is located in Cruzille (AOC Mâcon Cruzille), in Saône-et-Loire, 10 km southwest of Tournus. The landscape is polycultural, and teeming with wildlife, with forests increasing in size. the terroir is a Bathonian-type base (around twenty million years old, mid-Jurassic, end of the Mesozoic) in an area where rocks of different origins coexist, including two main ones: Middle Bathonian; oolitic limestones and entroques limestones and Upper Bathonian; Pholadomyes marls (marine fossils). The soil is made up of clay-limestone soil, and shallow at only 0.25 to 0.40m depth.

The winemaking: "Our winemaking is carried out as naturally as possible: with only native yeasts, without enzymes, without chemical inputs and with little or no filtration or sulfur. Our white wines are pressed directly. On our red wines, we carry out semi-carbonic maceration according to a well-defined method resulting from three generations of experience and refinement."

"We make joyful and friendly living wines for shared moments" says Julien Guillot and we couldn't agree more! Quantities are very limited. The wines should be available for pick-up or shipping on Wednesday June 5th. All wines discount 10% on 12 bottles or more. 6-bottle limit on the Cuvée 910