history
Albert Sounit is situated in Rully and Buxy where we are producing a range of Crémant de Bourgogne and white- and red wines from the Côte Chalonnaise.
The property has a long history dating back to 1781, when the family Jeunet established the company.
Our current domicile was built in 1851 by the Jeunet family in a quarry and comprises large, vaulted cellars – ideal for aging the wines.
The era of the Sounit family started in 1945 and the company was the following decades an important negociant in the area.
In 1988 Knud Kjellerup, a Danish wine importer, started to import the wines from Albert Sounit – and in 1993 he bought the company together with two good friends to outlive a passion to produce high quality wines from Chalonnaise. We believe in the potential of the Côte Chalonnaise vineyards – there is no reason for not producing wines of the same quality level as Côte de Beaune. The terroir is there, – “it’s just to take care of the vines – and to use the best possible methods – both in the vineyard and in the winery”.
Albert Sounit has since that time undergone a tremendous development with huge investments in winery, vineyard and people, including the acquisition of Domaine Bernollin in 2005 and is today a 16,5 ha large estate, with vineyards in Rully and Montagny.
On top of that we also buy grapes on long term basis from local wine growers.
