Few Burgundy stories are as good as Maison Edouard Delaunay's. Founded in Dijon in 1893, the house grew into one of Burgundy's significant négociants, by the 1920s distributing wine from estates as prestigious as Romanée-Conti and Liger-Belair from cellars in Nuits-Saint-Georges and Gevrey-Chambertin. The business flourished for a century until the early 1990s, when illness in the family led to its sale to the Boisset group and the Delaunay name effectively disappeared from Burgundy.
A Great-Grandson Buys Back the Name
In 2017, Laurent Delaunay, great-grandson of the founder, bought back the family name and relaunched the house from Château de Charmont in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. The new Maison Edouard Delaunay is not simply trading on a historic label. It has been rebuilt as a precise, terroir-focused négociant house, sourcing fruit from growers across the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune and vinifying each site separately to preserve its individual character.
The Range at The Vintage Wine Club
The house's entry point is its Bourgogne Pinot Noir 'Septembre' and Bourgogne Chardonnay 'Septembre', a pair of regional bottlings named for the September harvest, offering an accessible, honest introduction to the house style in both colours.
Moving up in specificity, Saint-Romain 'Le Village' showcases one of the Côte de Beaune's most underrated white-wine villages, a favourite among Burgundy insiders for offering real Chardonnay pedigree at village-wine prices. On the red side, Morey-Saint-Denis 'Le Village' and Vosne-Romanée 'Le Village' draw from two of the Côte de Nuits' most celebrated communes, the latter from the very village that gave the world Romanée-Conti.
At the top of the range sits Chambertin Grand Cru, from the vineyard Napoleon reportedly called 'the King of wines, the wine of Kings', one of the most historically significant Grand Cru sites in all of Burgundy.
Why This House Is Worth Following
What makes Maison Edouard Delaunay compelling is the combination of deep historical pedigree with a genuinely modern, quality-first winemaking philosophy. Laurent Delaunay has spoken openly about wanting to prove that a négociant house can achieve the same precision as a grower-domaine, sourcing fruit from carefully chosen parcels and treating each one with the individual attention a small estate would give its own vines.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Edouard Delaunay a domaine or a négociant? It is a négociant house, meaning it purchases grapes or juice from growers rather than farming all of its own vineyards. This has been Burgundy's traditional model for centuries, and allows houses like Delaunay to offer wines from a wide range of appellations.
What is the connection to Romanée-Conti? Maison Edouard Delaunay historically distributed wine from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in the 1920s. The current house's Vosne-Romanée bottling comes from the same celebrated village, though not from the same vineyard.
Where can I buy Edouard Delaunay wines in Kuala Lumpur? Browse the full Edouard Delaunay collection at The Vintage Wine Club, from village Bourgogne through to Chambertin Grand Cru.
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