Théo Dancer is the son of Vincent Dancer, the Chassagne-Montrachet grower whose whites have a devoted following. He trained at the Lycée Viticole de Beaune, joined the family domaine full-time in 2021 and has largely taken the reins — while running his own label alongside it.

His own project deliberately looks outside Burgundy. Fruit is bought from growers in the Jura, Beaujolais, Provence, Savoie and Alsace, chosen for the way the vines are farmed rather than for the appellation on the label.

The cellar work is stripped back to almost nothing: native yeasts, no additives, no enzymes or added acid, natural malolactic, no fining and no filtration. The stated aim is transparency — wines that show where they come from rather than who made them.

Savagnin is the Jura’s own grape and one of the most distinctive whites in France — naturally high in acid, slow to ripen, and capable of a savoury, almost saline register that Chardonnay never reaches.

Made ouïllé — the barrels topped up rather than left to develop a veil — which keeps the fruit clear and the style precise rather than oxidative.

Yellow apple and dried herbs over walnut skin and a saline lift; taut and savoury on the palate, the acidity cutting, closing long and mineral. A Burgundian’s reading of the Jura.