Seguin Manuel, Beaune Premier Cru
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5 to 12 years from the vintage release, with exceptional vintages aging gracefully for up to 15 years.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, or classic coq au vin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Representing the pinnacle of Côte de Beaune elegance, Seguin-Manuel's Premier Cru red Burgundies are a testament to the house's historic legacy dating back to 1824. Crafted from Pinot Noir grown in prestigious climates across appellations like Beaune and Savigny-lès-Beaune, these wines reflect the meticulous organic viticulture championed by Thibaut Marion. The soils, rich in limestone and clay, impart a distinct mineral tension and structural depth to the grapes. In the cellar, traditional, low-intervention methods prevail: gentle maceration, fermentation with native yeasts, and patient aging in French oak casks. The resulting wines are celebrated for their refined, silky tannins, vibrant red fruit aromatics of cherry and raspberry, and complex earthy undertones, embodying the classic, terroir-driven spirit of Burgundy's historic heart.
🍾 About the Producer
Originally established in Savigny-lès-Beaune in 1824, Domaine Seguin-Manuel was completely revitalized in 2004 when acquired by Thibaut Marion, a tenth-generation vigneron formerly of Chanson Père & Fils. Relocating headquarters and cellars to Beaune, Marion modernized winemaking facilities and assembled a domaine footprint spanning roughly 8.5 hectares across Savigny-lès-Beaune, Beaune, Pommard, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, and Vosne-Romanée, supplemented by a meticulous micro-négociant operation. Vineyard management adheres strictly to certified organic viticulture, utilizing rigorous canopy pruning, plowing to encourage deep root penetration, and deliberate low yields. In the cuverie, fruit is hand-harvested and sorted meticulously, followed by gentle vinification with native yeasts and maturation in fine-grained French oak with restrained new wood usage. Seguin-Manuel's benchmark bottlings—such as Beaune Premier Cru Clos des Mouches, Savigny-lès-Beaune Premier Cru Aux Guettes, and Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru La Garenne—embody classical Côte de Beaune precision, marrying pure red and black fruit profiles or flinty mineral tension with supple, well-integrated structural depth.