Opening hours and tickets
- Opening hours
- By appointment only
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Domaine de la Folie
A small Rully estate at Chagny, with the Clos Saint-Jacques monopole and a pioneer of cinema in its family tree.
- Wine experience
- 24 min from Beaune
- By appointment only
- Allow about 1 hour
€95one way from Beaune with a private driver
At a glance
- Nearby
- Rully
- Official website
- domainedelafolie.fr
Getting there
Private driver from Beaune: 24 min by road (21 km), €95 one way for the whole car.
Or add it to our half-day wine tour, €290.
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About the place
The Domaine de la Folie lies in Chagny, at the northern end of the Côte Chalonnaise, among the vineyards of the Rully appellation. It farms 13 hectares of chardonnay and pinot noir, including some of the most sought-after climats of Rully, such as the premier cru Clos Saint-Jacques, a monopole. Tastings are by appointment, with the family who runs the estate.
What you will see
The tasting follows the Rully climats of the estate: the Clos Saint-Jacques, a premier cru monopole, the Clos du Chaigne premier cru, the Clos de Bellecroix and the Clos la Folie, along with aligoté and crémant. The family looks for freshness, which it calls the signature of the estate. The range also includes a liqueur de cassis, a ratafia and a marc de Bourgogne.
History
The name La Folie is very old and may recall, according to some historians, the folia, a dance of fairies: the people of Chagny used to say they saw lights whirling here at night. The estate's family tree is unusual. It includes Étienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904), the scientist who studied movement and invented the chronophotograph, an ancestor of the film camera; the painter Bouton (1860–1954), whose labels are still used; and Noël-Bouton (1906–1994), founder of the Primagaz company and a wine lover who built the cellars and vat rooms.
Jérôme Noël-Bouton, a Paris lawyer until 2012, and his wife Élisabeth developed the estate and its sales abroad and created the Cuvée Marey. Since 2010, Clémence and Baptiste Dubrulle, the fifth generation, have run the domaine.
Planning your visit
Tips for your visit
Tastings are by appointment only and depend on availability, so call or write to the estate before you go. The domaine is at Chagny, close to Rully and Bouzeron and a few minutes from the Côte de Beaune. Allow about an hour, and combine it with the village of Rully and its château.
Around here
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Questions
Domaine de la Folie is about 24 min from Beaune by road (21 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €95 for the whole car, up to 4 guests.
Did you know? The family says it was the first to dress its red wines in black labels, drawn by the painter Bouton, which it still uses.
Sources
Domaine de la Folie with a private driver
€95 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests