About Edouard Delaunay

The story of the rise of Maison Edouard Delaunay in Burgundy is a fascinating one, and it is a great pleasure to be able to offer the wines for the first time here in the 2021 vintage.

Now an exciting producer with a steep upward trajectory, Maison Edouard Delaunay’s roots go back to the 19th & 20th centuries when their Burgundy merchant business distributed some of the region’s most lusted-after gems, such as DRC. In 1993, the business was sold to a rival negociant, but this did not stop the spirit of the 5th generation, Laurent Delaunay, who purchased the merchant Domaines & Vins de Propriété some 10 years later in 2003, which in turn gave him the distribution model with which to re-launch the wines of Maison Edouard Delaunay.

In 2017 he was able to re-purchase the brand, the family name, and the historic buildings and cellars of the Château de Charmont in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. He rebuilt the business with the help of local growers and his partners from Domaines & Vins de Propriété.

With the super talented Christophe Briotet employed as winemaker, the wines of Edouard Delaunay have been growing in fame ever since, whilst Laurent has also been able to purchase Domaine vineyards in Pommard since 2019, including their stellar 1er Les Chaponnières.

These efforts haven’t gone unnoticed as, most notably, Christophe Briotet has been crowned White Winemaker of the Year 2021 and Red Winemaker of the Year for both 2020 & 2022 by the International Wine Challenge (IWC).