Portrait of Julie Gonet-Médeville
i. Biography
Julie Gonet-Médeville is co-owner of Champagne Gonet-Médeville in Bisseuil, where family continuity, vineyard work, and the slow cadence of Champagne define the house’s daily standard. Before that, she ran Vignobles Gonet-Médeville in Preignac on her own and handled Sauternes bottling from Château Gilette, a record that shows range across cellar work and the discipline required to move cleanly between tasks without losing control of detail.
The Climb
Julie Gonet-Médeville began her career working with her parents at Vignobles Gonet-Médeville (1997–2005), a run that grounded her in the family’s winemaking world and established the habits that still shape the house. Those years placed her inside the full rhythm of the work: the seasons, the vines, and the constant need to make each decision count beyond the cellar. Today, she is co-owner of Champagne Gonet-Médeville.
Today
She is co-owner of Champagne Gonet-Médeville in Bisseuil, and her way of speaking about the wines stays close to the practical conditions that shape them: weather, fragile parcels, and the need to adjust with precision rather than noise. On the drought and its consequences, she has said, "The drought was severe and some parcels were very fragile. The wines are tender and fruity, but clearly not the structure of '09 and '10. That's why we chose to do less extraction and use less new oak. The logic is plain: read the vintage honestly, then work with restraint.
Career - Co-owner, Champagne Gonet-Médeville - Worked with her parents, Vignobles Gonet-Médeville (1997–2005)
Signature
Taken together, they sketch a family vocabulary of bottlings and estates that move between Champagne and Bordeaux, between brightness and depth, between the polished surface of the final wine and the disciplined work that brought it there.
In Their Words “The drought was severe and some parcels were very fragile. The wines are tender and fruity, but clearly not the structure of '09 and '10. That's why we chose to do less extraction and use less new oak.” “But as worried as we were about the Merlot, we were confident with the Cabernet Sauvignon. The concentration was superb.”
Recognition
Sauternes bottling from Château Gilette remains the craft note most closely attached to her name, a detail that points to technical steadiness and direct responsibility in the cellar.
FAQ Where did Julie Gonet-Médeville work before? Julie Gonet-Médeville's earlier career included Vignobles Gonet-Médeville. What is Julie Gonet-Médeville known for? Sauternes bottling from Château Gilette.
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