Domaine Georges Roumier winery
Domaine Roumier came into being in 1924 when Georges Roumier married local Chambolle-Musigny girl Genevi ve Quanquin. As was customary at the time, along with her hand in marriage she bought with her a dowry, in the form of vineyards. The domaine was relatively small then, so Georges filled his time as vineyard manager for the Comte Georges de Vogue, but made great strides in ensuring Roumier s wines were eventually bottled on site, rather than being sent elsewhere. Succession was complicated, as the couple had seven children five of them boys but during the 1950s the domaine was taken over by Jean-Marie, while the eldest son, Alain, took up his father s role at de Vogue. Since 1982 the estate has been run by Jean-Marie s son Christophe, who studied oenology at Dijon University and has been largely responsible for propelling the wines to their current status, and over the years the estate has grown to include holdings in the finest of the Chambolle Premier Crus as well in the Grand Crus of Bonnes-Mares, Clos de Vougeot, Le Musigny and Corton-Charlemagne.