Maison Louis Jadot (or Louis Jadot) is a winery that was founded by Louis Henry Denis Jadot in 1859. The first vineyard bought by the Jadot family is the

Beaune Beaune () is the wine capital of Burgundy in the Côte d'Or department in eastern France. It is located between Lyon and Dijon. Beaune is one of the key wine centers in France, and the center of Burgundy wine production and business. The annua ...

vineyard, Clos des Ursules, in 1826. The family

wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...

company produces and markets

Burgundy wine Burgundy wine ( or ') is made in the Burgundy region of eastern France, in the valleys and slopes west of the Saône, a tributary of the Rhône. The most famous wines produced here, and those commonly referred to as "Burgundies," are dry red wi ...

. It operates both its own vineyards and buys grapes from other growers. It controls of vineyards in Burgundy (including Beaujolais Crus), and produces only

Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée An appellation is a legally defined and protected geographical indication primarily used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown, although other types of food often have appellations as well. Restrictions other than geographical boun ...

(AOC) wines. Louis Jadot owns vineyards in the

Mâconnais The Mâconnais district is located in the south of the Burgundy wine region in France, west of the Saône river. It takes its name from the town of Mâcon. It is best known as a source of good value white wines made from the Chardonnay grape; the ...

region: Domaine Ferret in

Fuissé Fuissé (; frp, Fuissié) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Wine Vineyards of Fuissé are part of the AOC Pouilly-Fuissé, which is used for white wines from Chardonn ...

and

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in Moulin à Vent within the

Beaujolais Beaujolais ( , ) is a French ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) wine generally made of the Gamay grape, which has a thin skin and is low in tannins. Like most AOC wines they are not labeled varietally. Whites from the region, which mak ...

region.Maison Louis Jadot: Louis Jadot: 1859
accessed on July 5, 2009 In 1996, Louis Jadot partnered with Tonnellerie Vicard and created its own cooperage called Cadus, in order to produce French oak barrels crafted in the Burgundian tradition.

References

External links

Louis Jadot homepage (English)
Jadot 1859 establishments in France {{winery-stub