2015 was Jean-Baptiste Boudier’s very first vintage, with production totaling a modest 3 hectares – one hectare of Pernand Vergelesses Blanc, a hectare of Pernand Vergelesses Rouge 1er Cru Les Fichots, and a hectare of Bourgogne Rouge, Aloxe-Corton and Pernand Vergelesses Blanc 1er Cru Sous Frétille. These vineyards come from his family’s larger 7-hectare domaine. It was during the 2014 harvest, when Jean-Baptiste worked alongside his father during the vinification process that their different visions of wine became apparent, and they mutually decided that Jean-Baptiste deserved a chance to experiment on his own. Though in his late 20s, Jean-Baptiste is no novice. Having already racked up an impressive list of internship experiences across France and beyond, his diplomas in viticulture and enology include a BTS at the Lycée Viticole in Beaune, a License Science de la Vigne in Dijon, and a Dîplome Nationale en Oenologie in Bordeaux. His first apprenticeship was with his second cousin, Nicolas Rossignol, in the Côte de Beaune, followed by stints in Saint Emilion, New Zealand (Georges Michel), Châteauneuf du Pape (Vieux Télégraphe), Gevrey-Chambertin (Marchand Frères), Roussillon (Domaine Gauby), and Pessac (Haut Brion). To describe him as smart, focused, and ambitious would clearly be an understatement.