Jerome Galeyrand has been listed as one of the most exiting producers in Burgundy over the past few years, topping many wine critics’ lists of “winemakers to watch” in Burgundy in the past 5 years. His winemaking style, that is all about purity, precision and focus, has elevated both his whites and reds into the highly collectable ranks. But 2025 saw yet more seismic change when Jerome moved into his newly built winery in Gevrey Chambertin, just next to Brochon.
Jerome has also been a well recognized and highly influential member of Les Aligoteurs, the local grouping promoting everything that’s great about this often under appreciated Burgundian white cultivar. With my long running “Age of Bourgogne Aligote” series running a bit dry lately, it was suddenly revived when I tasted one of the finest expressions of Aligote in a very long time… just unfortunately from, A) a tiny production 2024 vintage, and B) from a vineyard that has now been replanted to Chardonnay. Nevertheless, this is an incredibly exciting, noteworthy example worth seeking out in the up coming Burgundy En-primeur 2024 campaign.
Domaine Jerome Galeyrand Bourgogne Aligote Les Cailloux 2024
The 2024 Bourgogne Aligote Les Cailloux was actually sourced from an old vine vineyard in the Rully appellation that has since been uprooted and replanted with Chardonnay making this Jerome’s first and last creation. But boy, it’s as if that vineyard wanted to go out with a bang as this 2024 is one of the most profound Aligote offerings I’ve tasted in quite some time. Showing impressively intricate aromatics, the nose reveals complex layers of savoury leesy citrus, white blossoms, white peach, and a briney salinity before crushed limestone and lemon peel nuances. Super concentrated, this wine has a punchy, fleshy depth with a palate weight and power more akin to a top terroir driven mineral-laden Chardonnay. Wow, this really is phenomenal wine worth seeking out! Drink from 2026 to 2034+.
(Wine Safari Score: 93/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
The wines of Jerome Galeyrand are imported exclusively into the UK by Musigny Wines. Contact Andrew Pavli for an allocation.
It is always a great pleasure to travel to Burgundy to taste with the vignerons themselves in their own cellars. But the privilege is amplified when you visit a producer like Jérôme Galeyrand who is currently being lauded as one of the most talented vignerons in Burgundy at the moment and a domaine “at the top of its game.” Jérôme Galeyrand is a discreet, soft spoken and incredibly thoughtful winemaker whose wines are personified by perfumed precision, refinement, purity and elegance – wines that are not only serious, but seriously delicious to drink.
Originally from the Loire Valley, Jérôme came into winemaking after working for over eight years in the French food industry. After several harvests working for Domaine Alain Burguet in Gevrey-Chambertin from 1996, Jérôme embarked on his own project culminating in the purchase of his own first tiny vineyard plot of 0.05 hectares in Les Retraits in Comblanchien. Since then, Jérôme has grown his domaine to its current 5.25 hectares of vines. His viticulture is largely organic for 70% of his vineyards and sustainable for the remaining 30% of vines. No pesticides are used, and all vineyard rows are ploughed. Some wines include whole-clusters, and the vinification is carried out as delicately as possible with limited use of SO2, which helps contribute to his wines’ refinement and purity. After being manually basket pressed and fermented with natural yeasts, all wines are aged in oak barrels, 12 months for whites and between 18 to 24 months for reds.
Jérôme Galeyrand produces a little over 2,000 cases per year depending on the vintage, but the highlights of his exceptional range are undoubtedly his four famous reds: La Justice, Billard, Croisette and Les Retraits, which renowned Burgundy critics like William Kelley and Jasper Morris MW consider to be in a class of their own. As with all Burgundies of this quality and refined elegance, these are undoubtedly wines for the connoisseur. But don’t miss out on Jérôme’s superb white wines and especially his characterful Aligoté cuvées that exemplify the newfound quality this cultivar is capable of producing.
Crisp, fresh and beautifully bright. This perennial over performer is lively, vibrant and fresh with layers of red cherry, raspberry and bramble berry fruits, powdery mineral tannins, great linearity and a long finish.
(Wine Safari Score: 91/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Marsannay Le Village 2022
Dark, black fruited and attractively plummy with an earthy bramble berry and damson aromatics. Tantalisingly tangy and racy, the palate is fresh and fleshy with ample tension, tart cherry and cranberry fruit concentration, soft supple tannins and a long linear finish. Wonderful focus.
(Wine Safari Score: 92/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Cotes de Nuits Village Rouge 2022
Already shows a deep, complex, earthy, savoury red berry plummy aromatics with subtle smoky, sappy, leafy hints, and an attractive, sweet berry fruited intensity on a long savoury saline finish.
(Wine Safari Score: 91/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Fixin Village 2022
This is a complex and impressively expressive wine already showing a smoky, saline reductive nose boasting salty black currant, oyster shell and damson plum. Really impressive breadth and depth from the outset, a harmonious balance and cool, compact racy acids that hold a lot of charm and energy. A very classy effort indeed.
This is always a wine with stature and presence, and the 2022 is stony and saline with crushed oyster shell nuances, salty cassis, pithy black currant and a cool, broad, plush elegance with real balance and purity but also classically racy acids and a long, harmonious length. Really impressive craftmanship on display here from this famous lieu dit.
Another one of Jerome’s most famous cuvees, this 2022 reveals an exotic melange of rose petals, savoury black berry, wild brambly fruits and subtle stony limestone nuances. Plush, full, and fleshy on the palate with impressive depth and balance, Galeyrand fans are going to be seduced by the generous weight of fruit and a voluptuous breadth.
(Wine Safari Score: 93+/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes En Croisette 2022
Made from beautiful old vines planted in 1900, this 2022 is succulent, deep, dark and broody packed with aromatic layers of blackberry fruits on the expressive nose. Everything just falls seamlessly into place on the palate with exotic purple fruits, black berries and a damson plum intensity. A compact, chalky, and incredibly complete expression of old vine Pinot Noir majesty at its finest.
(Wine Safari Score: 95/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Fixin Champs des Charmes 2022
Another of Jerome’s flagship cuvees made from old vines planted in 1960s. Reveals a piercing aromatics of black currants, pithy black cherry, oyster shell, and saline nori seaweed hints. Full and dense, plush and generous in the mouth with incredible texture, fleshy opulence and a savoury plummy, earthy depth. Another very complete, harmonious wine. Simply gorgeous.
(Wine Safari Score: 93+/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Marsannay Clos du Roy 2022
The 2021 cuvee caught the eye of many serious Burgundy collectors and impressively, the 2022 vintage is another super impressive wine showing an incredibly lifted and perfumed personality on the nose with pressed violets, spring blossoms and pink flowers together with red currants and delicate musk notes. Superb balance and a harmonious structure with a compact, saline, sumptuous mouthfeel. Very impressive indeed and probably one of the stars of the vintage for Jerome.
(Wine Safari Score: 94+/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Cotes de Nuits-Villages Les Retraits 2022
While this is not made from one of Jerome’s most famous appellations, the Les Retraits has fast become one of his most sought-after wines. The 2022 is incredibly complete, fabulously silky and round with notable balance and harmonious depth, finely balancing a creamy concentrated structure with soft, elegant, silky tannins while never losing its bright, mouth-watering, brambly fruited energy. A beautiful wine that punches well above its weight.
(Wine Safari Score: 94/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Aligoté 2022
Medium to full bodied, this deliciously fleshy Aligoté boasts evocative aromatics of Glacé orange peel, lemon rind and citrus oil with tangy vibrant acids, a salty briney freshness and a fabulously cool, classy finish with a subtle stony liquid mineral kiss on the finish.
A real stand out wine for me while tasting with Jerome, it possesses a delightfully bright, tangy, vibrant aromatics of orange peel, citrus oil, and ripe tangerine with a chalky talc minerality that simply seduces the palate! In the mouth, the wine is jam packed full of salty, briney Jura’esque picante oyster shell salinity, a stony limestone minerality, massive extract concentration and a long, understated dry mineral finish. I absolutely loved it. Top drawer Aligoté!
(Wine Safari Score: 93+/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Aligoté Bouzeron 2022
Another impressive Aligoté expression from this unique terroir, boasting juicy aromatics of glacé apples, white citrus, smoky lemon peel, freshly baked apple strudel, and mineral limestone hints. The palate shows impressive depth and balance but with an understated, restrained intensity, finishing with a simply delicious, tangy, dry grippy persistence.
Made from Chardonnay grapes sourced from 0.42 hectares located in Brochon and Flagey-Echezeaux, the aromatics show succulent melon and white peach nuances, white citrus and an earthy, savoury, leesy depth. Charming elegance, a notable fruit acid harmony and a pithy, vibrant finish. Simply spot on!
(Wine Safari Score: 91/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Cotes de Nuits Villages Blanc 2022
The aromatics on this Cotes de Nuits Villages Blanc made from a massale selection of old Chardonnay vines boast complex layers of sweet citrus, lemon oil, wet chalk and a dusty, cedary wood spice hint. The balance and harmony is very impressive, seamlessly interwoven with a smoky limestone minerality before a truly energetic, zippy finish. A delightful white Burgundy.
(Wine Safari Score: 92/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Marsannay Les Champs Perdrix Blanc 2022
Made from seven-year-old vines, the 2022 Les Champs Perdrix reveals a seductively rich, mineral, smoky nose, with tangy orange citrus, pear drop, orange cordial, and a smoky limestone minerality. The palate is fabulously cool and genteel with layers of tangy acidity, orange peel zest and a plush, fleshy saline depth. Truly delicious!
(Wine Safari Score: 93+/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
The wines of Jerome Galeyrand are imported exclusively into the UK by http://www.musigny.wine and are available on allocation. Contact: andrew@musigny.wine
It is always a great pleasure to travel to Burgundy to taste with the vignerons themselves in their own cellars. But the privilege is amplified when you visit a producer like Jérôme Galeyrand who is currently being lauded as one of the most talented vignerons in Burgundy at the moment and a domaine “at the top of its game.” Jérôme Galeyrand is a discreet, soft spoken and incredibly thoughtful winemaker whose wines are personified by perfumed precision, refinement, purity, and elegance – wines that are not only serious, but seriously delicious to drink.
Jérôme Galeyrand produces a little over 2,000 cases per year depending on the vintage, but the highlights of his exceptional range are undoubtedly his four famous reds: Gevrey Chambertin La Justice, Billard, Croisette and his Les Retraits Red from the Cotes de Nuits-Village appellation, which will now be joined by two new scintillating heavy hitting wines… a white from Meursault and a new Grand Cru red from Clos de Vougeot in the Cotes de Nuits.
Domaine Jerome Galeyrand Meursault 2023, Burgundy
When news started to leak out that Jerome Galeyrand had produced a tiny amount of Meursault, merchants worldwide instantly started the desperate scramble to secure a treasured allocation. Jerome’s winemaking style has been intricately developed and cultured over the years, seducing drinkers with his phenomenal Aligoté expressions and his pristinely complete reds. This new Grand Vin Blanc from Meursault represents yet another new pinnacle for Jerome’s fast evolving winemaking career. The aromatics on this embryonic white are icy cool, pure, and fine, showing elegant notes of white citrus, freshly sliced fennel, white pear, yellow apple, and dusty crushed limestone. But its on the palate where you see the complete synergy of Jerome’s precise winemaking style come to the fore, slowly opening to reveal a medium-bodied Chardonnay with a satiny bright sheen, elegantly fleshy and soft textured yet simultaneously crystalline, pure, and bright, seductively offering up concentrated layers of hazelnuts, yellow citrus, ripe white pear, and a subtle, mouth-wateringly fresh dry chalky finish.
(Wine Safari Score: 94-95+/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Jerome Galeyrand Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 2023, Burgundy
As if a new Meursault from Jerome was not enough to get the international wine trade into a complete frenzy, this new white wine will be joined by a couple of barrels of Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru red, produced from vines situated near to the water tower centre left in the Clos when looking down from the castle. Frustratingly, I walked the vineyard with Jerome in January 2024 but was sadly not able to taste the wine in barrel back then. Thankfully, my patience has been rewarded and a “work-in-progress” sample made its way to me in July 2024, and this exciting new wine is everything one could have hoped for. This Grand Cru is built around two barrels of Clos de Vougeot Pinot Noir, one a new French oak barrel and one aged in a multiple passage French oak barrel, blended together to reveal a fabulously multidimensional wine loaded with aromatics of sweet red and black berries, rose petals, sweet Asian spices, and subtle blood orange nuances. The palate is broad and creamy, tight knit, expertly balancing optimally ripe sweet berry fruit concentration with chalky fine-grained tannins and deliciously tangy bright acids. But it’s the final elegantly muscular assembly and the pristine purity of the wine that really resonates. I feel privileged to have tasted this phenomenal wine in its youth as the queue to try and secure merely a bottle or two of Jerome’s masterpiece will no doubt be a challenge given the worldwide demand for his wines.
(Wine Safari Score: 95-96+ Greg Sherwood MW)
Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 2023 barrel sample.
The wines are available from the Burgundy specialist merchant http://www.Musigny.wine in the UK. The Meursault 2023 was released for £550 IB per 6. Price not yet available for the Clos de Vougeot 2023.
