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François Millet – a Burgundian garagiste

François Millet

From de Vogüé to his very own garage. See also this guide to our coverage of the 2022 vintage in Burgundy.

The last time I met François Millet was over some barrels of assorted de Vogüé 2014s at his previous gig, just around the corner. The disarmingly softly-spoken Millet was winemaker at Domaine Comte de Vogüé in Chambolle-Musigny for more than 30 years, hanging up his pipette there with the 2017 vintage at the ripe young age of 64.

Originally from the Jura, where the family, through Madame, currently own 84 ares (2.08 acres) of vineyard near Poligny...