Marshall a super interesting first vintage

There are quite a few new estates created in Burgundy every year, but somehow the Domaine Marshall in Nuits-Saint-Georges is the most exciting newcomer in years.

Now, after a year,r I am back and tasting the bottled 2023 vintage again and doing a first test of the 2024s.

Domaine Marshall has the vineyards … very good 1er crus … Domaine Marshall is uncompromised with an ambitious attitude to viticulture and lastly has a new view on the winemaking that makes a visit at this estate a tremendous experience leaving you with a load of impressions and thoughts.

This was the intro to Marshall in 2024 … and I must say this is still the case in November 2025.

Welcome to the world of Jean Marshall

A Organic producer by heart and mind

Jean Marshall’s father Tim Marshall was born in Yorkshire UK. He came to Burgundy in 1962 and began to build this small but beautiful Domaine from scratch at the beginning of the 1960s and onwards … bit by bit … finding exciting plots.

Sadly, Tim Marchall got very sick at the beginning of the 2000s from the chemicals used in the vineyards, and he passed away in 2015. This was all before Jean had reached an age where he could think of taking over the estate.

So the vineyards were rented out to Meo-Camuzet for almost 20 years, ending in 2022 when Jean Marshall decided to take back the estate to start something new with an organic view and principles.

The heritage

The estate is still small …. 2 hectares …. of mainly top-end 1er cru …

• Bourgogne Blanc “Aux Seurrets”
• Bourgogne Rouge “Aux Seurrets”
• Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru Aux Argillas
• Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru  Les Perrières
• Chambolle-Musigny Les Athets
• Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru Les Cras
• Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru Les Feusselottes

All wines come from vineyards owned by the estate.

The viticulture

The viticulture is quite top-notch with a high trellis and a holistic treatment of the soil and the plants. This is the full package, including a focus on the decompacting of the soil and respect for the wine’s place in the full ecosystem of the vineyard. He has inspirations from Mme Leroy, Charles Lachaux and others of the frontrunners of modern viticulture.

This can easily become geeky (I like that a lot), but one just has to be in these for a few minutes to experience the life and smells of the ecosystem of the vineyard to realise this is the way to do it. Cover crops and the high trellises make a holistic frame for the vines and the vineyard … what a magnificent scene to produce future wines.

This is, however, complex and producing wines in a fully organic framework takes time, as the vines need to adjust … this can take years, just as the viticulture gradually has to be adjusted. Tricky perhaps … but when you crack the code … magic will happen.

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