Domaine de Cardon
About Winery and Wines
Domaine de Cardon
Our estate is located in the heart of Burgundy (Mercurey, Aluze and Couches) and our cellar in the
small village of Rully. We cultivate 14 hectares of vines, of which 13 hectares are located in the Côte
Chalonnaise and Côte du Couchois and 1 hectare in the Beaujolais (Chiroubles).
The philosophy of our vineyard is very simple: “In order to make good wines, you need good grapes”!
The quality of our wines is the result of rigorous work from the pruning of the vines in winter to the
harvest at the end of the summer. Pierre our Cellar Master joined us in August 2015 and makes our
wines with passion. Together with our viticultural manager Sébastien, they cultivate the vines with
love and respect for our precious terroir.
Each year our wine estate is careful to maintain a controlled quantity of production in order to
improve the quality and maturity of the aromas. We minimize our treatments and work in a
reasoned way to protect our environment and the biodiversity of the Burgundy vineyard.
Our History
To tell the story of the Domaine de Cardon, we need to talk about the family behind its creation. It all
began over 900 years ago. Established in Dracy-le-Fort for several generations, the Cardon de
Sandrans family originated in the 12th century in Spain under the name of Cardona.
In the 15th century the family participated in the military campaigns of the King of Spain in Italy and
Folch Cardona married a descendant of the Strozzi family. Together they gave birth to several sons
and two of whom left for France and settled in Lyon. Once in France, Horace and Folch took an active
part in defending Lyon against the Reformation. To thank them for their loyalty, King Henry IV
granted them the barony of Sandrans in the Ain, a French region.
It was not until the 19th century that the family moved to their property in Dracy-le-Fort in
Burgundy. The first vines were planted and exploited in this area but were completely uprooted in
the 20th century when the property was divided.
In 2013, their descendant Frédérique de Cardon de Sandrans decided, with Thierry Bied, to revive the
traditions and family values by relaunching a wine business. After the purchase of our winery in Rully
in 2015, our estate experienced its first production in 2016.
Today we produce 12 different wines that we are pleased to have tasted in our winery!
We cultivate 14 hectares of vines, of which 13 hectares are located in the Côte Chalonnaise and Côte du Couchois and 1 hectare is located in the Beaujolais (Chiroubles).
At the estate we work with different grape varieties: Gamay, Chardonnay, Aligotés and Pinot Noir. We also have various red and white Appellations such as Chiroubles, Beaujolais village, Bourgogne, Bourgogne Aligoté, Mercurey Village, Mercurey 1er cru and Crémant.
Our Burgundy, Mercurey and Mercurey 1er crus appellations are located on clay-limestone soils, which are typical of the great wines of Burgundy. Our Gamays are located in the Beaujolais crus on the lands of Chiroubles and Villié-Morgon. The granitic soil of our parcels is typical of the great Beaujolais appellations.