Domaine Dujac

Domaine Dujac was founded in 1968 by Jacques Seysses, who bought the Graillet estate in Morey-Saint-Denis and renamed it Dujac. The domaine grew from 5 hectares in 1968 to 11 hectares in 1977 and 15.5 hectares in 2005, and it produces wines in both the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune. A new generation—Jeremy Seysses, his wife Diana, and his brother Alec—joined the domaine between 1998 and 2003, and the estate obtained organic agriculture certification in 2011.

Jacques Seysses founded Domaine Dujac in 1968. Not a native of Burgundy, he became a winemaker by vocation, having developed a love of wine alongside his father, a great gastronome and passionate wine enthusiast. After some years working in the family biscuit business, he decided at age 25 to leave the business world. He learned winemaking with Gérard Potel at the Domaine de la Pousse d'Or in Volnay during the 1966 and 1967 harvests. In 1968 he bought the Graillet estate in Morey-Saint-Denis, which he renamed Domaine Dujac (a contraction of 'du Jacques'). In 1973 he married Rosalind, who quickly became essential. The new generation: Jeremy Seysses joined his parents at the domaine in 1998, followed by his wife Diana in 2001 and his brother Alec in 2003. All three form the new generation that, under the benevolent eye of Jacques and Rosalind, now watches over the destiny of the domaine. Committed to the same quality approach as their elders, they have evolved the operation: this was notably the case with the cultural approach, culminating in obtaining organic agriculture certification in 2011. From 5 hectares in 1968 the domaine progressively grew to 11 hectares in 1977, then 15.5 hectares in 2005, partly following an important acquisition. Over the years, the domaine thus expanded beyond its historic location in Morey-Saint-Denis and produces wines in both the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune after taking over, in 2014, leased vines in Puligny-Montrachet (1er crus Folatières and Combettes).

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