Maison Marigny

The story

The Lorne brothers start Maison Marigny

In 2015, brothers Philibert and Audoin Lorne founded Maison Marigny in Chalon-sur-Saône as a family house. They set it up to offer a contemporary alternative to established wine conventions. The founding brief extended beyond the contents of the bottle: design and label artwork became central to Maison Marigny’s idea of wine as an experience, while inherited craftsmanship was joined to innovation. Under the Maison Marigny name, the range includes Liberty of Burgundy Bourgogne Gamay and Bourgogne Chardonnay, Classique Pinot Noir, Elégances Vacqueyras and Fragrance Crozes-Hermitage.

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Maison Marigny

At A Glance

Maison Marigny is a family wine house founded in 2015 by brothers Philibert and Audoin Lorne and based in Chalon-sur-Saône, Burgundy. Its bottles join Bourgogne names with red Rhône appellations, while design and label artwork sit alongside inherited craftsmanship and innovation.

The Producer

Philibert and Audoin Lorne founded Maison Marigny with a stated wish to offer a contemporary alternative to established wine conventions. The house carries this into the bottle: labels are part of the wine experience, while the range moves from Bourgogne Gamay and Chardonnay to Pinot Noir, Vacqueyras and Crozes-Hermitage.

Place

Chalon-sur-Saône is Maison Marigny’s Burgundy base, but its labels travel beyond Burgundy. Liberty of Burgundy Bourgogne Gamay and Bourgogne Chardonnay place the house in Bourgogne on the label; Elégances Vacqueyras and Fragrance Crozes-Hermitage bring Rhône appellation names and different red grapes into the range. The result is a selection arranged by named wine styles rather than one single appellation.

Soil And Site

Maison Marigny’s supplied record establishes no vineyard parcels, soils, vine ages or farming details. The useful ground-level distinction is therefore on the bottle: Pinot Noir appears in Classique Pinot Noir, while Grenache Noir, Syrah and Mourvèdre meet in the 2024 Vacqueyras, and Syrah stands alone in the 2022 Crozes-Hermitage.

Story

The house began in 2015 as the Lorne brothers’ family project in Chalon-sur-Saône. Their brief paired inherited craftsmanship with innovation, and design became part of the proposition rather than an afterthought. This is most visible in a range where a Bourgogne Chardonnay can sit beside a Rhône Syrah: the label names stay specific, and each wine has its own grape or appellation role.

Vineyards And Cellar

The cellar information is bottle-specific. Elégances Vacqueyras 2024 is fully destemmed, then macerated for about 24 days in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks. It spends 12 months split between tank (60%) and previously used 450-litre barrels (40%) before blending, a route that keeps red fruit and tannin in view without presenting new oak as the main flavour.

Fragrance Crozes-Hermitage 2022 is another separate case: 100% Syrah, destemmed and fermented in steel for approximately 17 days. That steel-fermented Syrah belongs to its own label, not to a house-wide cellar recipe.

Wines

Liberty of Burgundy provides the Bourgogne end of the range through Bourgogne Gamay and Bourgogne Chardonnay. They establish two grape-led Burgundy choices, though no tasting or cellar detail is supplied for either bottle.

Classique Pinot Noir is entirely Pinot Noir. Cherry and crushed strawberry lead the aroma, black fruit follows on the palate, and the wine is described as round and subtle, with marked Pinot Noir freshness. It is the range’s direct Pinot Noir expression: red-fruit perfume first, then darker fruit and a fresh finish.

Elégances Vacqueyras 2024 uses Grenache Noir, Syrah and Mourvèdre. Red fruit, fig and sweet spice appear on the nose; red fruit continues across the palate, where notably fine tannins supply grip. The long stainless-steel maceration and the tank-and-used-barrel maturation sit behind a red blend with fruit, spice and tannin rather than overt oak.

Fragrance Crozes-Hermitage 2022 takes a narrower path: 100% Syrah, destemmed and fermented in steel. It adds a single-grape Rhône red to a range otherwise divided between Bourgogne labels, Pinot Noir and the three-grape Vacqueyras blend.

In The Glass

Start with Classique Pinot Noir: cherry and crushed strawberry rise first, then black fruit fills out the palate. Its round texture keeps the fruit supple, while Pinot Noir freshness carries the finish and prevents the darker fruit from feeling heavy.

Elégances Vacqueyras 2024 shifts the register. Red fruit is joined by fig and sweet spice on the aroma, then returns on the palate with fine tannins. Grenache Noir, Syrah and Mourvèdre supply the blend’s three-grape frame; full destemming, a 24-day maceration and 12 months divided between tank and used barrels shape its fruit-and-grip profile.

A Bottle To Understand It

Start with Classique Pinot Noir. It is 100% Pinot Noir and has the clearest supplied taste picture: cherry and crushed strawberry on the nose, black fruit on the palate, a round texture and marked freshness. That combination makes the grape readable without requiring cellar speculation, while showing how Maison Marigny places a familiar Burgundy variety inside its design-conscious range.

Anecdote

In 2015, brothers Philibert and Audoin Lorne founded Maison Marigny in Chalon-sur-Saône as a family house. They set it up with an explicit aim of offering a contemporary alternative to established wine conventions. The decision extended beyond selecting wines: design and label artwork became central to their idea of wine as an experience, while inherited craftsmanship was paired with innovation. Under the Maison Marigny name, the range came to include Liberty of Burgundy Bourgogne Gamay and Bourgogne Chardonnay, Classique Pinot Noir, Elégances Vacqueyras and Fragrance Crozes-Hermitage.

Final Word

Maison Marigny offers a compact way into several French wine names without blurring them together: Bourgogne Gamay and Chardonnay, a fruit-led Pinot Noir, a three-grape Vacqueyras and a steel-fermented Syrah from Crozes-Hermitage. Begin with the Pinot Noir, then follow the range by grape and appellation.

Sources

• https://www.maison-marigny.fr/en
• https://www.bourgognesecret.com/fr_FR/domaines/maison-marigny
• https://grapesandhops.co.uk/products/classic-pinot-noir-maison-marigny
• https://fr.ankorstore.com/brand/maison-marigny-11658/elegances-vacqueyras-2024-vin-rouge-3010881
• https://fr.ankorstore.com/brand/maison-marigny-11658/elegances-crozes-hermitage-2021-vin-rouge-3010866
• https://www.vino.com/fr/dettaglio/crozes-hermitage-aop-maison-marigny-2022.html