Numa Cornut
Domaine Numa Cornut is a small Burgundy estate built from approximately 4.5 hectares of leased and owned vineyards across the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits. Numa founded it in 2020, after a decade at the family estate in the southern Rhône and formative years in Bordeaux, Languedoc, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Switzerland, and Australia. The range runs from Bourgogne Côte-d’Or through premier cru to Montrachet Grand Cru, with white wine at the expressive center of the project.
Numa’s family has made wine for nine generations at Château Guiot in the southern Rhône. His move to Burgundy was gradual — he joined the family estate in 2009 with his twin brother Alexis, accumulated experience across France, and built a recurring relationship with Margaret River in Australia that began in 2007. A meeting with a Beaune-based winemaker in 2018 changed his direction. By the end of 2020, he was in Burgundy, starting from selected parcels in Volnay and the surrounding Côte d’Or.
He makes the wines himself. His sensibility is shaped as much by Australia as by Burgundy — precision, balance, and close attention to place. He describes his goal in classical terms: reveal what the site offers, not impose a style on it.
The vineyards run across clay-limestone and marl soils on both côtes. Côte de Beaune sites — Volnay, Pommard, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet — lean toward minerality, red fruit, and freshness. Côte de Nuits sites in Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-Saint-Georges carry more clay, producing wines with deeper fruit, density, and structure.
Farming is sustainable throughout. In the cellar, Numa works with indigenous yeasts where possible, keeps new oak to a minimum, and does not filter — to preserve the aromatic specificity of each parcel. Élevage is handled with patience; the wines age until they are ready.
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