Olivier Bernstein
Olivier Bernstein

History and Terroir
Olivier Bernstein has quickly risen to the top of Burgundy’s micro-négociant / domaine scene. Olivier began making miniscule amounts of wine from some of the region’s top premier and grand crus back in 2007; five years later, he purchased his first vineyard plots in 2012—located in the grand cru of Mazis-Chambertin and the 1er cru of Les Champeaux in Gevrey-Chambertin, nonetheless. Although his background is in music, Olivier’s interest in wine led him to study viticulture and oenology in Beaune. He then purchased eight hectares of vines in the Roussillon, though traded the south for Burgundy when an opportunity to work with the late Henri Jayer came into play. Post-working at Jayer, Olivier set off on his own to begin his solo career, and the rest was history—or as it seems, just beginning.
Farming and Winemaking
Olivier purchases grapes exclusively from premier and grand cru vineyard sites, and the same goes for parcels he’s purchased entirely. (He notes that at the time—even just a decade or so ago—prices were about half of what they are now, rendering him quite lucky to have taken the plunge when he did). Olivier’s impressive lineup features wines from seven of Burgundy’s grand crus : Chambertin, Chambertin Clos de Bèze, Charmes-Chambertin, Mazis-Chambertin, Clos de la Roche, Clos de Vougeot, and Bonnes-Mares. Olivier works very closely with the growers from which he purchases fruit, going so far as to manage most of the process himself. In addition to the show-stopping lineup of crus with which Olivier works, the cherry on top is that most of the vines are very old, and thus, yield small amounts of concentrated, high-quality fruit. Since his earliest days, Olivier has sought to make sophisticated and refined wines that can hold their own against some of the region’s most revered and long-standing names—and these world-class wines speak for themselves.




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