Winemaker
Arnaud Ente
Winemaker & Proprietor, Domaine Arnaud Ente
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Meursault, France
Known for
- Pure, taut, elegant Meursault Chardonnays from old vines in En l’Ormeau
- Early picking for vivid freshness
- Limited production of 1,200 cases annually
- Shift to Wineglobes vinification since 2018

i. Biography
Micro-production white Burgundy sets the working frame at Domaine Arnaud Ente in Meursault, France, where Arnaud Ente has worked from 1992 to the present as winemaker and producer. The focus is deliberately narrow: white wines from Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet, made within a tightly defined Burgundian tradition. In this register, scale is secondary to repetition, observation, and the close reading of place over successive seasons. Burgundian white wine, in this case, is described through restraint rather than show. The work associated with Arnaud Ente sits inside a tradition that values patience, vineyard attention, and refinement held in check. At Domaine Arnaud Ente, continuity matters: work in the vines, accumulated experience, and a traditional Burgundian method carried forward without the language of reinvention.
Coming Up
A domaine identity built from one place over time has defined the work since 1992, with Arnaud Ente as producer of Domaine Arnaud Ente in Meursault, France. The craft is tied to repeated contact with the same Burgundian conditions: parcels, seasons, ripeness, balance, and the expression expected from Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet. Concentration, rather than expansion, is the operative principle. From 1992 onward, the work has centered on Domaine Arnaud Ente and on production in which vineyard labor carries the estate’s character. For micro-production white Burgundies from Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet, small scale functions as a condition of attention. The wines remain closely tied to their sites and to the traditional Burgundian frame in which they are made.
Where They Are Now
Traditional Burgundian production remains the stated method at Domaine Arnaud Ente in Burgundy, France, where Ente has been producer since 1992. His description is direct: "We do a lot of work in the vineyards, and over the years, we've accumulated experience and knowledge…It's a job that remains very traditional, in the pure Burgundian tradition." That account places the emphasis where working producers recognize it: vineyard labor, repeated seasons, and decisions shaped by accumulated knowledge. At Domaine Arnaud Ente, the present work is linked to the past as method rather than nostalgia. The estate’s identity rests on continued production of white Burgundies from Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet, guided by vineyard work and the experience built over time.
Signature
Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts and Les Petits Charrons are the named signature wines associated with Arnaud Ente. The names locate the work in Burgundy’s site-based language, where village, parcel, and tradition carry the primary information. Within Domaine Arnaud Ente, these wines mark a focused practice: micro-production, precision, and fidelity to a Burgundian tradition that favors detail over display.
In Their Words “We do a lot of work in the vineyards, and over the years, we've accumulated experience and knowledge…It's a job that remains very traditional, in the pure Burgundian tradition.”
Profile updated July 2026
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What is Arnaud Ente's current role?
Arnaud Ente is Winemaker and producer at Domaine Arnaud Ente.
What is Arnaud Ente known for?
Micro-production white Burgundies from Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet.
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