Meursault · Côte de Beaune · Bourgogne
Domaine Génot-Boulanger
Guillaume & Aude Lavollée
Génot-Boulanger is that Burgundian rarity: a family domaine with 22 hectares of exclusively estate-owned vineyards stretched across all three côtes — from Chambolle-Musigny through Meursault to Mercurey, across more than thirty appellations.
Since 2008, fourth-generation Guillaume and Aude Lavollée have pursued a single philosophy: maximum work in the vineyards for minimum intervention in the cuverie.
The Domaine
The estate began as a dream realised in 1974, when Charles-Henri Génot and Marie Boulanger settled in Meursault and acquired their first vineyards in Mercurey. Their son François inherited 22 hectares in 1998; a decade later his daughter Aude and son-in-law Guillaume took up the work.
Terroir
The domaine’s wealth is its diversity — holdings from the Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise, including Meursault Clos du Cromin and premier cru parcels in Puligny-Montrachet’s La Garenne and Les Folatières, up to Corton-Charlemagne and Clos de Vougeot.
In the Vines
Horse-drawn ploughing in the smallest parcels, composts and herbal preparations for the soils, and pruning judged vineyard by vineyard — organic conversion is underway and the soils already show it.
In the Cellar
Whites ferment directly in barrel with indigenous yeasts, without lees-stirring, ageing twelve months in wood and six in tank. Reds see gentle extraction and the same patient élevage. One new barrel per cuvée per year — integration above impact.
In the Library
Twelve cuvées currently rest in the Library, the broadest single-domaine selection we offer.