--- title: "Manoir de la Perrière: Fixin Wine Tasting and Cellar" description: "Cîteaux monks ran this Fixin manor from 1142 to 1622. See their cellar and old lever press, then taste, by appointment. Private driver from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/manoir-de-la-perriere lang: en updated: 2026-09-29 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/chateaux/manoir-de-la-perriere.png --- # Manoir de la Perrière > Manoir de la Perrière: a Cistercian manor above Fixin, with one of the oldest wine presses in Burgundy. Manoir de la Perrière is in Fixin (Côte-d'Or), 35 min by road (35 km) from Beaune. Tastings on site · 13th to 18th centuries · Private driver from Beaune: €125 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. High on the slope above Fixin, the Manoir de la Perrière sits beside its walled vineyard, the Clos de la Perrière. Monks of Cîteaux ran it as a wine estate for almost 500 years. Its cellar still holds a lever press dated to the 14th and 17th centuries, one of the oldest in Burgundy. ## Key facts - Type: Manor - Location: 25 km north of Beaune · Côte de Nuits - Coordinates: 47.2444, 4.9671 - 35 min from Beaune - Tastings on site - 13th to 18th centuries - Commune: [Fixin · Côte-d'Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin) - Style: Medieval manor and Cistercian wine estate - Heritage: Registered historic monument - Official website: [domainejoliet.fr](https://domainejoliet.fr/) - From Beaune: ≈ 35 min · 35 km - €360 for a [half-day wine tour](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) plus one hour, from Beaune, up to 4 guests ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 35 min by road (35 km), €125 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History According to the owners, the site began as a hunting lodge of the dukes of Burgundy. From 1142 to 1622 the manor belonged to the monks of Cîteaux Abbey, who made it a centre for their vineyards and also used it as a house of convalescence. They planted about five hectares of vines around it and enclosed them with walls. An inventory of 1622 already mentions the great press in the cellar. After 1622 the manor passed to private owners and was altered many times, before a renovation in the early 20th century. In 1853 the Joliet family bought the whole clos, and seven generations have run it since. Today the Clos de la Perrière is a Fixin premier cru owned solely by the family, made in red from Pinot Noir and in white from Chardonnay. ## Architecture The manor grew from an older northern building, which the monks enlarged, and they dug the cellars beneath it. The cellar holds a lever press with taissons, heavy timbers driven into the ground, dated to the 14th and 17th centuries and classified as a historic monument in 2000. The manor, the remains of its gateways, the north building and a nearby well are listed. ## Visiting The Joliet family welcomes visitors by appointment for a guided visit and tasting of about one hour. It starts in the vines of the Clos, continues in the cellars built by the monks and ends with the old press. Other visit formats are also offered. Book ahead through the official website. ## Did you know? The monks quarried the cliff facing the manor for stone, which is why the place is called Perrière, from the old French word for a quarry. ## Around Manoir de la Perrière What to combine with Manoir de la Perrière on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Fixin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin) (1 km away): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. - [Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/gevrey-chambertin) (2 km away): Nine grands crus, more than any other Burgundy village, led by Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. - [Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/marsannay-la-cote) (3 km away): Gateway to the Côte de Nuits and Burgundy's only village appellation making red, white and rosé. ### Châteaux - [Château de Brochon](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-brochon) (1 km away): A Loire-style château built by the poet who gave the Côte d'Azur its name. - [Château de Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gevrey-chambertin) (2 km away): A 13th-century fortress built by the abbots of Cluny above the old village of Gevrey. - [Château de Couchey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-couchey) (2 km away): A medieval fortified house that grew into a château at the western edge of Couchey. ### Things to do - [Noisot Park and Museum (Parc et Musée Noisot)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/parc-noisot-fixin), 1 km away: A pine-covered hillside above Fixin, created by a loyal grenadier as a shrine to Napoleon. - [Domaine Isabelle Lippe](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-isabelle-lippe-brochon) (1 km away): A small domaine in Brochon run by two women winegrowers, with tastings led by the grower herself. - [Saint-Antoine Church, Fixey (Église Saint-Antoine de Fixey)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-antoine-de-fixey), 1 km away: A small Romanesque church above the vines of Fixin, with a stone roof and a glazed-tile bell tower. ### Restaurants - [La Table d’Hôte, La Rôtisserie du Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-table-d-hote-rotisserie-du-chambertin-gevrey) (2 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred tasting table in an eighteenth-century house in the heart of Gevrey-Chambertin - [Origine](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/origine-dijon) (10 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A Lameloise-trained Japanese chef cooking Burgundy's seasons on place Wilson - [William Frachot](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/william-frachot-dijon) (10 km away · 2 MICHELIN stars): Dijon's two-star table, reinventing Burgundy's classics inside the Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge ### Events - **Saturday 5 – Sunday 6 December 2026 (Expected dates, not yet confirmed)** · [Caves ouvertes de Fixin et Brochon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/caves-ouvertes-fixin-brochon): Thirteen estates of Fixin and Brochon open their cellars on a December weekend. (Wine festival · Fixin) ## Questions about Manoir de la Perrière ### How far is Manoir de la Perrière from Beaune? Manoir de la Perrière is about 35 min from Beaune by road (35 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €125 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### Can you visit Manoir de la Perrière? Yes. Manoir de la Perrière is a wine estate that receives visitors for tastings, usually by appointment. We can help you book it as part of a wine tour. ### Can a private driver take us to Manoir de la Perrière? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Half-day wine tour plus one hour, €360](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=wine-tour&option=half&place=chateau:perriere): Half-day wine tour plus one hour from Beaune: €360 for the car, up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - --- Canonical page: