Winery Antoine LIENHARDT

A Family Story

Following Maurice Guyot, his grandfather, Antoine Lienhardt took over the family Winery in 2011, he is the 4th generation of winemakers in the family.

The Winery is located in the Côtes-de-Nuits, in Comblanchien, spread over a little more than 5 ha in the Burgundy, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Côtes-de-Nuits-Villages appellations. His sister, Héloïse, joined him in the adventure in 2017 to support him and take care of, among other things, the commercial and administrative part of Winery.

A desire to be as close as possible to the living world

After taking over Winery in 2011, Antoine discovered the world of natural wines through several tastings, he then decided to orientate Winery in this direction.

The Winery thus obtains the organic certification in 2018. Antoine also applies some biodynamic practice by respecting the lunar cycles for outdoor and cellar work.
Little by little he has excluded all synthetic products in his treatments.
In order to improve biodiversity, Antoine replants 5 to 10 trees per year in the plots and in the orchards.

The harvest is of course manual and all the wines are made from whole grapes. The vinification is done in stainless steel vats and without inputs.
For the maturation, the wines are put down by gravity into barrels, another part of the wines is matured in concrete eggs and stoneware jars.
Antoine allows himself a light sulfiting at the bottling stage.

A few years ago, Antoine launched a small “haute couture” wine trading business, dealing in very small quantities of fine Burgundy appellations (Gevrey-Chambertin, Clos de Vougeot, Meursault) as well as a Gamay cuvée from Fixin.
Recently, he has also been purchasing organic grapes from the Rhône Valley to produce his summer rosé wines.

A favorite Petites Caves

We met Antoine at a wine fair in the Loir-et-Cher region during the winter of 2021–2022, and we were immediately drawn to the character of his wines. We then went to visit him in Comblanchien and had a wonderful time, enjoying tastings and candid conversations. This visit reaffirmed our first impressions: the Winery wines Winery superb, very approachable, with great finesse and depth!
Light, delicate wines with vibrant fruit.