Winemaker
Jean-Laurent Vacheron
Winemaker, Domaine Vacheron
- Discipline
- Winemaker
Portrait of Jean-Laurent Vacheron
i. Biography
Jean-Laurent Vacheron is a vigneron and winemaker at Domaine Vacheron in Sancerre, where he runs the estate with his cousin Jean-Dominique Vacheron. Sources consistently place him in the family’s third or fourth generation of leadership depending on the publication, and describe his role in advancing the domaine’s biodynamic and organic viticulture. He returned to the family estate in 2002 after working abroad as an oenologist.