Bruno Lorenzon

The Essentials Site reading is the base craft here. In Mercurey, France, Lorenzon’s account of the Champs Martin vineyard starts with physical structure: "The slope on top of the Champs Martin vineyard. It is very chalky, not much clay and lots of stones, which gives our wine its purity and elegance." Slope, chalk, clay, stones, exposure: these are the working materials before cellar decisions enter the discussion. The stated goal is definition rather than amplification. Chalk, limited clay, and stones are not decorative language; they are the conditions Lorenzon names as shaping purity and elegance in the wine. The craft claim is restrained: let the vineyard’s structure remain legible. The self-description is brief: "A great cyclist with a lot of energy!" For a grower, the image is practical rather than ornamental. Cycling depends on pace, balance, and reading gradients; those same habits sit close to vineyard work in Mercurey.

Signature

Bruno's signature wines include Bruno Lorenzon Bourgogne Clos Alfred 2023, Bruno Lorenzon Bourgogne Les 16 Ouvrées 2020, Montagny 1er Cru Le Mont Laurent Blanc 2022, Mercurey 1er Cru Les Champs Martins Rouge 2022, and Montagny »Le May«. The range names Burgundy through parcel, cru, and village reference, with Domaine Bruno Lorenzon’s work origin. The through-line is the one Lorenzon states himself: purity and elegance drawn from the physical conditions of Mercurey, and from the discipline of returning to a family domaine in 1997 after work in New Zealand and South Africa.

In Their Words “The slope on top of the Champs Martin vineyard. It is very chalky, not much clay and lots of stones, which gives our wine its purity and elegance.” “To have worked all around the wine world, and come back to Mercurey, realizing how lucky we are to inherit such great terroir.”