Some domains are born out of an economic project. Others are born out of conviction. Le Grain du Vin clearly falls into the latter category.

Trained in part at the Domaine de la Cras, Mélanie and Vincent Zuber decided to embark on their wine adventure in 2022. From the outset, their approach was clear: to work their vines biodynamically, with the simple but demanding idea of letting the terroir speak for itself, without embellishment. No additives, no sulfur, no artifice. Just ripe grapes, harvested by hand, carefully sorted, and then treated gently.

Their playground is diverse but consistent.

The Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, in Arcenant, on the Champs Perdrix plateau at an altitude of 360 meters, where Chardonnay roots plunge into calcareous marl.
The south of the Côte Chalonnaise, at the gateway to the Mâconnais, on luminous clay-limestone soils.
Comblanchien, in the Côte de Nuits-Villages, on clay and limestone soils covered with vines over 60 years old.
Finally, Ladoix, with vines over 80 years old rooted in reddish-brown soils with limestone and flint residues.

Everywhere, the same logic applies:
Manual harvesting, often in whole bunches for Pinots, a few days of carbonic maceration to preserve the fruit's brightness, gentle fermentation for around two weeks, then a long aging period of 18 months in old 228L or 500L barrels, without intervention or additives, sometimes just a racking before bottling.

For the whites, fermentation also takes place in old barrels, on lees, without additives, with patient aging that allows the wine to develop its structure naturally.

The result?

Lively wines. Precise. Never ostentatious.
The whites combine energy, saline tension, subtle toasted notes and controlled maturity. The reds play the card of vibrant fruit, supple but present tannins, and a discreet depth that develops with aeration.
In each cuvée, one senses a desire not to overdo it. No woody embellishment. No attempt to create an effect. Just the expression of the grape, the soil, the vintage.
The name of the estate is no coincidence. Here, everything starts with the grape. And everything comes back to it.