Domaine JP RIVIERE

Domaine JP RIVIERE is located at the gateway to Lyon, in the south of Beaujolais, in the heart of the Terroir des Pierres Dorées. Our family estate produces a beautiful range of vintages, using integrated viticulture. For Red, White and Rosé, we offer our Terroir wines in Chardonnay and Gamay grape varieties and the very rare Gamaret. Then we take you to the tasting of our wines of Elegance: cuvée Fut de Chêne, Chenas, Bourgogne blanc and Bourgogne Pinot Noir. Finally we finish with our sparkling white and rosé wines and our Crémant de Bourgogne.

Our story

It was in 1984, in Lachassagne, that the adventure began with 3 hectares of vines. 5 years later, we vinify our first vintage of Beaujolais Blanc in Chardonnay. Then the estate grew, reaching 25 hectares, part of which was on the clay-limestone soil of Château de Saint-Trys. In the 1990s, the cultivation of the vine took a new turn following the desire to produce in a more rational way (grassing of the vines for example). In the cellar, the changes are also necessary with the first vinifications in oak barrels. In 2009, the Domaine expanded further and launched new vintages in Bourgogne Blanc and Chiroubles. In 2013, Alexandre Riviere, the son, joined the estate and brought his oenological expertise to take charge of the vinification. One year later, the Domaine is still expanding with plots of land in Chénas and Moulin à Vent. During the 2018 harvest, the new vinification vat is inaugurated and it is also the year of a Gold and Silver Medal at the Lyon International Competition for our Bourgogne Blanc et Bourgogne Pinot Noir.