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Domaine Roulot

Domaine Roulot is universally recognized as one of Meursault's greatest estates, farmed by Jean-Marc Roulot — also known internationally as the actor Marc Rioufol — across approximately 9 hectares of village and premier cru Meursault and Bourgogne blanc. The domaine's reputation was built on a philosophy of non-interventionist winemaking: whole-cluster pressing, indigenous yeasts, aging in old oak (25–30% new at most), and minimal sulfur additions. Roulot's wines, particularly from village lieux-dits like Les Meix Chavaux, Les Tessons, Luchets, and Clos des Boucheres, routinely outscore grand cru whites from other domaines in blind comparative tastings. At auction, the Clos des Boucheres premier cru (a monopole) averages $423 across 97 lots while Les Meix Chavaux village wine averages $354 across 91 lots — an extraordinary price for a village Meursault reflecting Roulot's cult standing and the perpetual scarcity of his bottlings. The 2016 Clos des Boucheres and 2011 Les Meix Chavaux are the most traded individual wines. Total portfolio activity of 287 lots averaging $327 per bottle places Roulot among the most valuable non-grand-cru domaines in all of Burgundy at auction. Production is tiny — typically 2,000–4,000 bottles per cuvee — meaning secondary market supply is perpetually scarce and prices have risen sharply since the domaine achieved mainstream collector recognition in the 2010s.