History
    •    The estate is based in Premeaux-Prissey, 2 km south of Nuits-Saint-Georges, in an 18th-century house.
    •    At the end of the 18th century, Jean-Charles Viénot built the wall around his vines, creating the Clos de l’Arlot. His son François designed the park, laid out in the hollow of an old quarry.
    •    In 1891, wine merchant Jules Belin bought the property and added the Clos des Forêts Saint-Georges and the Clos du Chapeau. Together they form Domaine de l’Arlot.
    •    In 1987, the Belin heirs sold the estate to AXA Millésimes, at the initiative of Jean-Pierre de Smet, a close friend of Jacques Seysses (Domaine Dujac). He ran it for almost twenty years and made it a benchmark.
    •    AXA then added two plots in Vosne-Romanée: Romanée-Saint-Vivant (1991) and Les Suchots (1992).
    •    In 2007, Jean-Pierre de Smet handed over to Christian Seely, head of AXA Millésimes. The technical directors since then: Olivier Leriche (until 2011), Jacques Devauges (2011), then Géraldine Godot since 2014, a Burgundian oenologist formerly at Domaine Alex Gambal.

The estate in figures
    •    About 14 to 15 ha, including two monopoles in Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru.
    •    A remarkable park with century-old trees, a large cedar of Lebanon and stones carved by artists at Jules Belin’s request.

The cuvées
    •    Grand cru: Romanée-Saint-Vivant (0.25 ha).
    •    Vosne premier cru: Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots (0.85 ha).
    •    Nuits premiers crus (monopoles):
    ◦    Clos des Forêts Saint-Georges (about 7.2 ha), the estate’s largest clos, red.
    ◦    Clos de l’Arlot (about 4 ha), red and white (Chardonnay with a little Pinot Beurot). The young vines at the top of the amphitheatre make the Mont des Oiseaux cuvée.
    •    Côte de Nuits-Villages: Clos du Chapeau (red, monopole, about 1.55 ha) and Aux Leureys (white).
    •    Hautes-Côtes de Nuits: Le Mont, red and white, planted in 2007 and 2012.

The signature
    •    Wines of finesse and elegance rather than power, with a captivating perfume.
    •    Clos de l’Arlot: pale in colour, very aromatic, it gains structure and complexity over 10 to 15 years.
    •    Clos des Forêts: denser and fruitier, more approachable young, but also built for long ageing.

In the vineyard
    •    Biodynamic farming on part of the vines from 2000, then on the whole estate since 2003.

In the cellar
    •    The estate has always kept some whole bunches, more for Clos des Forêts than for Clos de l’Arlot. Géraldine Godot adjusts the share by cuvée and by vintage.
    •    Aged in oak barrels for about 16 to 18 months, with a share of new oak that varies by cuvée (around 40% for the 2022 Romanée-Saint-Vivant).