Winemaker
Matthieu Collardot
Winemaker, Domaine Thomas-Collardot
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Puligny-Montrachet, France
i. Biography
The Ascent
Commercial training can matter in a family domaine when it sharpens the work around structure rather than pulling it away from the vines. Before returning to the cellar and vineyards, Matthieu Collardot trained at Groupe Ecole supérieure de Commerce de Dijon-Bourgogne; the education reads here as a practical layer beneath a trade still governed by weather, timing, and touch. Winegrowing at Domaine Thomas Collardot is continuation work: parcel by parcel, vintage by vintage, with decisions made inside an existing family practice. Since 2018, Matthieu Collardot has worked in the vineyards and winery in tandem with Jacqueline Collardot, carrying that lineage through the more exacting demands of Puligny-Montrachet, where slope, soil, exposure, and restraint decide much of the result.
The Work Today
Freshness in these wines is described through vivid, pure, crisp, fresh, energetic, and terroir-expressive lines, with fine acidity even in the warm 2018 vintage. The vineyard work sets the frame before fermentation: yields are controlled at 40–50 hectolitres per hectare for village wines and 30–40 hectolitres per hectare for premier cru wines, with the stated aim of bringing out the best in the terroir rather than the most from the vines. Definition in the winery follows the same logic. The estate uses whole harvest for both white and red wines. Aging is 12 months in 350-litre oak barrels, followed by 4 to 6 months in vats, with about 30% new barrels. Within the facts given, the method points to oak as a frame, élevage as a settling process, and vats as the final stage before release rather than a push for excess signature. Bourgogne Blanc "Les Petits Poiriers" gives one close reading of the domaine's scale and handling. A 2024 Instagram tasting note described it as 100% Chardonnay, made by Jacqueline and Matthieu Collardot, aged 12 months in 30% new oak, with 1,157 bottles produced. The relevant craft information is in the constraints: variety, élevage, barrel proportion, and a small production count. Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères marks another named point in the range. In 2018, it was highlighted as a top lieu-dit from the estate and praised for balance. For a Puligny-Montrachet bottling, that balance is the operative measure: ripeness held within line, freshness kept visible, and site left legible.
Credentials
Organic certification from the 2023 vintage gives the domaine's farming a formal marker, certified by Ecocert. Collardot described the transition in cellar terms: "We vinified without sulfur and will be organic labelled from next year." The phrasing is practical, and the point is clear: vineyard direction and cellar handling are being brought into closer alignment. Recognition here is less about volume than about clarity between bottlings. The craft case rests on separation, patience, and the ability to let Puligny-Montrachet read differently through premier cru, village, and regional wines. Within that frame, Matthieu Collardot is evidence of a family domaine carried forward through measured élevage, controlled yields, and wines built to show origin.
Profile updated July 2026
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Asked of Matthieu
What does Matthieu Collardot do now?
Matthieu Collardot is vigneron / winemaker working in tandem with Jacqueline Collardot in the vineyards and winery.
Where did Matthieu Collardot train or study?
Matthieu Collardot trained at Groupe Ecole supérieure de Commerce de Dijon-Bourgogne.
What is Matthieu Collardot known for?
Puligny-Montrachet wines from a small 2.5-hectare estate focused on Puligny-Montrachet terroirs.
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