The Chapuis brothers, Romain and Jean-Guillaume, were raised in the vineyards of Aloxe-Corton, and perhaps unsurprisingly, Romain fell in love with the wine and began touring the world to improve his craft. He had the luxury of learning under natural wine superstar Philippe Pacalet, who himself was educated by Marcel Lapierre (one of the most revered Beaujolais producers) and Jules Chauvet (the founding father of the French natural wine movement). Upon Romain’s return to Burgundy, he reunited with his brother and they decided to launch their own label. They naturally craft the smallest of productions, no matter the cuvée and their Volnay manages to produce more flavor, terroir identity, and depth than a handful of flashier/pricier Côte de Nuits labels. This Pinot Noir is refreshingly pure and minimally influenced by man—its magnitude of perfume, intimate interchange of elegance and concentration, and savory, minutes-long finish is all there in tremendously chiseled detail.