Domaine de Vernus
Beaujolais, France
Winemakers: Frédéric Jametton & Guillaume Rouget
The Domaine de Vernus, created in 2019, is located in the heart of the vineyards, in the municipality of Régnié-Durette at the hamlet of Vernus. It covers an area of more than 12 hectares of vines. The plots have been meticulously selected according to their location, the quality of the soil and the health of the plants.
Latest generation stainless steel vats have replaced the old tuns and concrete vats. With adjustable capacities thanks to their mobile cap, they allow the isolation of individual vintages. Thermo-regulated, they ensure the control of temperatures during the different phases of the wine-making process.
After the first fermentation and pressing, the wine quietly continues its transformation in the cellar. The wine is matured in Burgundy oak barrels with a mixture of origins and ages. A minimum of ten months in the cellar gives the wine time to soften, but also to gain in balance and complexity.
Latest generation stainless steel vats have replaced the old tuns and concrete vats. With adjustable capacities thanks to their mobile cap, they allow the isolation of individual vintages. Thermo-regulated, they ensure the control of temperatures during the different phases of the wine-making process.
After the first fermentation and pressing, the wine quietly continues its transformation in the cellar. The wine is matured in Burgundy oak barrels with a mixture of origins and ages. A minimum of ten months in the cellar gives the wine time to soften, but also to gain in balance and complexity.
Frédéric Jametton:
After thirty years in the insurance brokerage business, Frédéric decided to switch to wine, which he has always been passionate about. Born in Dijon, and having lived in Burgundy for most of his life, he has become an enlightened wine loverover the years.
His professional experience brought him into close contact with the world of viticulture. At the end of 2017, he decided to change his activity and invest in a winery. His aim is to offer a range of wines that brings out the best of the different terroirs while respecting the character and personality of each cru and each plot.
Frédéric is now in charge of the management of the estate, the management of the team and also the marketing of the wines.
After thirty years in the insurance brokerage business, Frédéric decided to switch to wine, which he has always been passionate about. Born in Dijon, and having lived in Burgundy for most of his life, he has become an enlightened wine loverover the years.
His professional experience brought him into close contact with the world of viticulture. At the end of 2017, he decided to change his activity and invest in a winery. His aim is to offer a range of wines that brings out the best of the different terroirs while respecting the character and personality of each cru and each plot.
Frédéric is now in charge of the management of the estate, the management of the team and also the marketing of the wines.
Guillaume Rouget:
After training in viticulture in Beaune, he joined the family estate in 2011, whose plots are mostly on the Côte de Nuits.
Guillaume is now taking up the challenge of making Beaujolais wines from Gamay grapes with the same rigour he deploys in making the best Burgundies.
Guillaume is most famous in his home region for the wines he produces on the family estate alongside his father Emmanuel Rouget. Trained from his childhood in the work of the vine and wine, he has benefited from a know-how passed down through several generations. He has inherited the style of his famous great-uncle, Henri Jayer, this search for fine, elegant, racy wines, with intense fruitiness and growing complexity over time.
Guillaume is in charge of the entire production chain, from the cultivation practices to the different phases of vinification. He also takes part in the marketing of the estate's wines.
After training in viticulture in Beaune, he joined the family estate in 2011, whose plots are mostly on the Côte de Nuits.
Guillaume is now taking up the challenge of making Beaujolais wines from Gamay grapes with the same rigour he deploys in making the best Burgundies.
Guillaume is most famous in his home region for the wines he produces on the family estate alongside his father Emmanuel Rouget. Trained from his childhood in the work of the vine and wine, he has benefited from a know-how passed down through several generations. He has inherited the style of his famous great-uncle, Henri Jayer, this search for fine, elegant, racy wines, with intense fruitiness and growing complexity over time.
Guillaume is in charge of the entire production chain, from the cultivation practices to the different phases of vinification. He also takes part in the marketing of the estate's wines.