Winemaker Laurent Delaunay: Spotlighting the House of Edouard Delaunay
Laurent Delaunay revives family wine business, House of Edouard Delaunay, with focus on precise wine-making from exceptional Burgundy terroirs.
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Laurent Delaunay, representing the fifth generation of a family of winemakers and negociants, is reappropriating his family?s history. Though it had progressively declined over the last several years, the House of Edouard Delaunay, an old Maison with a rich and unique history, has always been closely connected to the Burgundy wine trade and was considerably involved in the epic intercontinental expansion the industry experienced throughout the entire 20th century. Bought back in 2017 by Laurent Delaunay, the great-grandson of the founder, it strives to regain its place within the inner circle of the great houses of Burgundy through the meticulous and precise vinification and ageing of exceptional wines from some of Burgundy?s finest terroirs.
Could you tell us about your youth and your early connection to winemaking"
Our family has been in winemaking since the 19th century. Delaunay has been a well-established name in Burgundy across the whole of the 20th century. I grew up with my father and my grandfather in the cellar and the vineyards and I started to work there with my father in 1989 after my studies in the US (Napa Valley). After a few years we were obliged to sell for various reasons. One was that my fa...
The post Winemaker Laurent Delaunay: Spotlighting the House of Edouard Delaunay appeared first on LUXUO.
Laurent Delaunay, representing the fifth generation of a family of winemakers and negociants, is reappropriating his family?s history. Though it had progressively declined over the last several years, the House of Edouard Delaunay, an old Maison with a rich and unique history, has always been closely connected to the Burgundy wine trade and was considerably involved in the epic intercontinental expansion the industry experienced throughout the entire 20th century. Bought back in 2017 by Laurent Delaunay, the great-grandson of the founder, it strives to regain its place within the inner circle of the great houses of Burgundy through the meticulous and precise vinification and ageing of exceptional wines from some of Burgundy?s finest terroirs.
Could you tell us about your youth and your early connection to winemaking"
Our family has been in winemaking since the 19th century. Delaunay has been a well-established name in Burgundy across the whole of the 20th century. I grew up with my father and my grandfather in the cellar and the vineyards and I started to work there with my father in 1989 after my studies in the US (Napa Valley). After a few years we were obliged to sell for various reasons. One was that my fa...
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