Chanterêves is the micro-négociant project based in the Hautes Côtes of husband-wife team Tomoko Kuriyama and Guillaume Bott. Both trained in oenology—Tomoko in Germany, Guillaume in Burgundy—and met during harvest at Simon Bize, where Guillaume is still cellar master. Their shared love of purity and restraint in wine led naturally to a partnership. “We both like purity and elegance,” says Tomoko. “We don’t like massive wines.” They make wine by infusion, not extraction, letting the fruit steep gently in its own juice, more like tea than soup. The results are delicate, subtle, and quietly expressive. As The Feiring Line put it, wines of infusion “wash over you like a breeze instead of a heat blast.” “

Dessus de Montchenevoy” sits high above the premier cru Aux Guettes, nestled at 350 meters on a west-facing slope surrounded by forest. It’s an unusually cool, isolated site—ideal for a warming climate. The long, slow ripening season allows sugar and phenolic maturity to align, producing pinot noir of both lift and depth. Farmed organically with biodynamic methods and worked by horse, this is a vineyard that rewards careful hands.

Supple and floral, layered over soft, finely textured tannins. Aromas of rose, violet, and dark lilies add lift, while a quiet earthy tone hums beneath. Playful and expressive, yet quietly serious—a wine with energy, grace, and a touch of the wild. 

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These wines are pre-arrival with an estimated arrival date of late June. During warmer months orders are placed on hold, your wines will ship as weather permits and the daily range is consistently between 45 and 74 degrees. Please note pre-arrival sales are non-refundable as suppliers require us to make binding commitments and deposits to secure the wine.