Domaine de Cassiopee

Talloulah and Hugo Mathurin run a 5-hectare domaine in the area of Sampigny-lès-Maranges. Their wine training includes experience at wineries such as JF Mugnier, Clos de Tart, and JM Roulot.

Their very small production includes both red and white wines, including Bourgogne, Haute Côte de Beaune, two different cuvées of Aligoté, and Maranges – all of which attracted instant worldwide excitement from their first vintage. These are pure, mineral-driven wines, crafted with a great deal of talent and grapes grown in rather humble vineyards, often from very old vines.

The Maranges appellation is divided among three villages located south of Santenay and Chassagne-Montrachet. Domaine de Cassiopée lies at the eastern end, at the limit of the 1er Crus. Sampigny-lès-Maranges contains the 1er Crus Les Clos Roussots, Le Clos des Rois, and Le Clos des Loyères.

The Whites:

• Bourgogne Aligoté Mitancherie: A 0.5-ha plot in Sampigny, facing the ‘Maranges hill,’ where the soil was once considered too cold for wine. The vines are 30 years old.
• Bourgogne Aligoté En Gerlieus (40% made in amphorae/60% in barrel): En Gerlieus is located in Chassey-le-Camp, 10 km southeast, with no close neighbors—only forest. The Aligoté vines are 40-100 years old.
• Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Blanc Les Côtés: Two-thirds comes from a four-year-old planting on limestone rock, the rest from vines on granitic rock. The two plots face each other on the ‘cold hill.’

The Reds:

• Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Rouge Les Côtés: Pinot Noir grown on granitic rock.
• Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Les Paizets: Pinot Noir on limestone, located on the same ‘cold hill’ as the red and white Les Côtés climat.
• Bourgogne Rouge En Gerlieus: A 0.9-ha plot in Chassey-le-Camp, next to the Aligoté vines. The vines are 50-70 years old.
• Maranges Le Bas du Clos: 90-year-old vines located just behind Talloulah and Hugo’s beautiful home. This wine is rich, intense, with tremendous balance and a delightful mouthfeel. Old vines contribute a lovely, potent intensity with evident purity.
• Maranges Les Plantes: With 110-year-old vines visible from Talloulah and Hugo’s house, this wine has gorgeous, silky, deep fruit, impressively intense with red forest berries and an explosion of delicate fruit aromas. Lovely rose notes add to its complexity.