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Domaine Camille Thiriet

A New Burgundy Star – from a Surprising Location!

It’s tough starting any venture from scratch, let alone a Burgundy domaine. But this is precisely what Camille Thiriet has done, starting as a négociant and building a domaine of six hectares in just six vintages (Thiriet’s first vintage was in 2016). But that’s not all this young grower has achieved. With her partner, Canadian-born winemaker Matt Chittick, Thiriet is now putting the terroirs of the two most southerly villages of the Côte de Nuits back on the fine wine map. These are two of Burgundy’s least-known villages: Corgoloin (estate) and Comblanchien (négociant), the first you drive past as you head north from the hill of Corton.

Matt and Camille’s passion is immediately obvious, and it has attracted support from locals like Jeremy Seysses of Domaine Dujac, Nicolas Potel and, even more amazingly, Bernard Noblet, retired Cellar Master of Domaine de la Romanée Conti. All have helped mentor this new estate. Matt and Camille are also close with the (soon-to-be retired) Didier Fornerol, arguably the finest estate of the Côte de Nuits-Villages.

The estate vines are all in Corgoloin, on the east and southeast-facing slopes and the same rocky, limestone and clay soils of the more famous villages to the north. Little wonder then that Camille Thiriet describes this village as “...amazing, underrated and unknown”.

Camille and Matt’s work in the vines reflects the blueprint of Burgundy’s current ‘Golden Generation’—the farming follows organic principles, and there are two horses (Obelix and Véga) used for some of the cultivation work. In their cellar, one in Comblanchien and now a second in Corgoloin, you will taste wines of great purity and freshness; the whites crunchy and saline and the reds loaded with candied red fruits, nettle and spice. Delicacy is the goal here; every fermenter is gently foot trodden with the aim being to infuse, rather than to extract. The use of new oak is capped at around 20% and the wines are bottled unfiltered with just a touch of sulphur dioxide.

The wines labelled as "Maison C. Thiriet" are négociant wines, mostly from Comblanchien, while those that are labelled "Domaine Camille Thiriet" are from estate vines in Corgoloin. A young producer striving for the highest quality, seeking to produce pure, perfumed, digestible wines and hoping to help reveal unknown terroirs to the world of Burgundy; it’s little wonder that we worked so hard to get an allocation from Domaine Camille Thiriet. They may not be that well known (yet), but just like those other pioneers we have mentioned above, fame is not far away.

The Range

Domaine Camille Thiriet Bourgogne Rouge En La Place 2022
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Domaine Camille Thiriet Bourgogne Rouge En La Place 2022

The first vintage of the Domaine Bourgogne Rouge stems from the same vineyard as the white wine—and the vines are even older. The vineyard’s name, La Sablière, refers to the sandy clay soils, partly explaining this wine’s beautiful, lifted perfume of summer fruits and red flowers. The vines are 90 years old, some even older, and Camille ferments this wine in concrete with 40% whole bunches layered at the bottom of the tank (so that any punchdowns and pumpovers won’t break the whole berries). Simply a stellar wine for this level: elegant, pure-fruited and vivid with a pretty, lacy structure and crunchy finish.

“Hmm, the wine is cold but its aroma is growing in the glass – direct, fragrant – floral – it’s gorgeous. There’s a hint of tannin framing the structure and flavour – but what an open, fluid, clean wine of delicious flavour – and not a bit simple. I’d be keeping this a year or two – finishing with a fine juicy and vibrant perfumed red fruit… Beautiful Bourgogne!”
Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report
“The 2022 Bourgogne Rouge En la Place is bright and vibrant, revealing attractive aromas of sweet red berries and licorice, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy palate. This is another welcome addition to the range.”
90 points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
“The 2022 Bourgogne Pinot Noir En La Place comes from 90-year-old vines planted on sandy soil, with 50% whole bunch that stays at the bottom of the tanks. Because Camille had smaller legs, the berries at the bottom underwent a carbonic, which she will do from now on. The beguiling bouquet leans a little towards the southern Rhône in style, with a little garrigues infusing the red fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly grainy tannins, flinty in style with a brisk but compelling finish. Irresistible.”
91 points, Neal Martin, Vinous
Domaine Camille Thiriet Bourgogne Rouge En La Place 2022
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Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge Cuvée Deslandes 2022
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Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge Cuvée Deslandes 2022

This super impressive red comes from 90-year-old Pinot vines (!) high on the slope of Comblanchien, not far from the Château de Comblanchien. Although drawn from a terroir called Le Creux de Sabon, Camille prefers to call this bottling Cuvée Deslandes in honour of an early benefactor—and, well, it’s easier to pronounce! The wine was vinified with 100% bunches and a portion matured in stainless steel to capture as much of the vineyard’s delicate, floral aromatics as possible. There are echoes of old-school Dujac here, with the gorgeous red and blue fruit notes interwoven with lots of spice from the stems. Really impressive length, too. We’re not sure why there are no reviews, but this is clearly 1er Cru in all but name. Really, really delicious, classy wine. 

Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge Cuvée Deslandes 2022
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Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge Clos Magny 2023
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Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge Clos Magny 2023

This cuvée is from a small 0.8-hectare parcel within the larger Le Clos de Magny climat in Corgoloin. Thiriet’s plot is at the top of the slope at 350 metres and with very rocky soil. Surrounded by the forest, part of the vineyard is often in the shade, which Camille believes works in her favour in warmer years. Another idiosyncrasy is the mass of large boulders that run through the soil just under the surface. It all adds up to a unique terroir that gifts tiny berries and tiny, loose bunches, which in turn allows Camille to use 100% whole bunches.

"Further up the hill above La Montagne. Three terroirs within the plot, one like La Montagne, one straight on the rock, and one with more clay up at the top. 100% whole bunch vinification, though as usual Camille cuts out the thick end of the main stem. The Clos Magny starts clearly as a whole bunch wine but seconds later the real fruit bounds out of the glass, bramble jelly, this is remarkable on the palate, with an effortless sense of structure and a fine tingle of acidity. The quality of the fruit is not quite as ethereal as Les Retraits but it doesn’t need to be. Remarkable wine.”
93 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge Clos Magny 2023
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Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge La Montagne 2023
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Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge La Montagne 2023

Not to be confused with the Aux Montagnes négociant bottling, this comes from a high, estate-owned site (280 metres) on the Corgoloin-Ladoix border. La Montagne lies below Clos Magny and faces due east. The soils are light and dominated by sandy clay. In Camille’s words, the wine combines “the freshness and purity of Savigny with a little more depth and structure of the Côte de Nuits”. Really fine and perfumed yet with good depth, this has a cooler and slightly more structured persona than the Magny.

“Not to be confused with Aux Montagnes! This is their own plot, at mid slope made from 60 year old vines, grown on fine clay on limestone, half whole bunch. Another imperial purple. The nose has a vigorous dark raspberry fruit concentration, and there is plenty of structure behind, along with so much fruit through the middle of the palate.”
93 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge La Montagne 2023
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Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge La Robignotte 2023
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Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge La Robignotte 2023

This tiny 0.6-hectare monopole above the Corgoloin cemetery was the jewel in Gilles Jourdan’s portfolio. Now, Camille Thiriet wears the crown. The vineyard takes its name from the owner in Napoleonic times, and part of the site’s claim to fame is the rare outcropping of blue marl that imbues its wines with expectational longevity. It’s the only vineyard in the area with these rare soils. Camille told us she has tasted wines from 1957 and 1979 with the previous owner and was blown away by the quality. The vines in Thiriet’s plot average 60 years old, and Camille’s inaugural vintage fermented with 40% bunches. This is Thiriet’s most serious and complex wine: compact with deep, dark cherry fruit, roasted brown spice notes and fine, powdery tannins.

“A beautifully concentrated crimson purple. A stunning nose here with more intensity than the others. A grand nobility of fruit all the red berries. Fills the mouth, supported by quality granular tannins, but seamless all the way though. A future 1er Cru? There are plans to submit a dossier to promote the top terroirs of the Côte de Nuits-Villages appellation.”
93 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
“The 2023 Côte de Nuits-Villages La Robignotte comes from a vineyard that was classified as a monopole, named after a famous surgeon. It has blue marn soils that are rare in Burgundy and lend depth. It just takes a few swirls to open up, revealing briar, raspberry, graphite, truffle and touches of garrigues. This is very complex. The palate is medium-bodied with a lightly spiced entry thanks in part to the 50% whole bunch. This lingers in the mouth—a truly exquisite Pinot Noir.”
93 points, Neal Martin, Vinous (#83 in Top 100 Wines of 2025)
Domaine Camille Thiriet Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge La Robignotte 2023
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Domaine Camille Thiriet Bourgogne Rouge Les Chagniots 2023
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Domaine Camille Thiriet Bourgogne Rouge Les Chagniots 2023

This comes from a small parcel of 60-year-old vines under the Domaine d’Ardhuy’s Clos des Langres in Corgoloin. The name Chagniots is often cited as a reference to small oak trees, though Chaignots denotes iron-rich minerals in the local patois, so here it could refer to the reddish soils high in iron oxide. This first release fermented with 60% bunches, and it’s delicious, sweet-fruited and seductive, yet with great class. It’s an expressive, character-filled red Burgundy for a great price.

“From the other end of Corgoloin. Just across the road from Clos des Langres, still on a slope but on thicker clay, 60-year-old vines. 20% whole bunches. A brisk mid purple, with greater precision to the nose, the whole bunches just adding a bit of lift. Fine acidity, excellent balance throughout, with persistence. Fine ageing possibility here.”
89 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Domaine Camille Thiriet Bourgogne Rouge Les Chagniots 2023
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AT-A-GLANCE

• Camille Thiriet founded this exciting start-up in 2016 and has quickly earned a reputation as one of Burgundy’s rising stars.

• The six-hectare domaine is based off the beaten track in Corgoloin, Côte de Nuits.

• Camille and Canadian winemaker partner Matt Chittick make domaine and négociant wines from Corgoloin, Comblanchien and beyond.

• Viticulture is organic, the vines—some over 50 years old—lie on hillside slopes of hard limestone, and the soils are ploughed by horse and small tractor.

• White vinification occurs in barrels with small portions of new oak, while the reds include 30-100% bunches and moderate levels of new wood.

• The domaine range includes Bourgogne and Village-level reds and whites.

• Camille and Matt also bottle wines under a négociant label, Maison C. Thiriet, including rosé, Chardonnay, Aligoté and Pinot Noir.

IN THE PRESS

“An engaging person with more than engaging wines – there is very high quality here – simply delicious wine. I’m struck by the seriousness of Camille’s approach and the quality of the wines that she’s been making. All the wines here show high-class textures, mouth-watering flavours and clarity of flavour. Great stuff – all of it!” Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report

Originally, Camille was planning to train as a ‘nose’ in the perfume industry. This may explain the exceptional precision and class of her wines.” Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy

"[The wines] certainly over-deliver for their modest appellation.” Jancisrobinson.com

Country

France

Primary Region

Côte de Nuits

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Winemakers: Camille Thiriet & Matt Chittick

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