Auxerrois
Domaine Gracieux Chevalier
A 49 ha vineyard, 45 ha of it in a single block south of Chablis, on Kimmeridgian and Portlandian soils. Crémant de Bourgogne is made in the former Pérignon farm in Cravant.
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Famille Piffaut Vins & Domaines
6 houses
Wines & spirits, in Burgundy and Provence
Key figures
A two-hundred-year-old family group
- annual turnover
- €100M
- annual turnover
- bottles sold
- 27M
- bottles sold
- countries
- 70
- countries
- employees
- 300+
- employees
- Leader of the Crémant de Bourgogne AOC
- Top 5 PDO sparkling wine producers
- Leader of IGP Méditerranée sparkling wine
- Gabriel Boudier, Living Heritage Company
Two centuries of history
1820 — 2022
1820
The Ninot family founds a Burgundy wine house, later handed down to Charles Ninot, who grows it and gives it his name.
1898
Marie Ambal, Charles's sister, settles in Rully, turns to sparkling wines and founds Maison Veuve Ambal.
1929
Charles Roux-Ambal, Marie's grandson, takes over. Ambitious and entrepreneurial, he builds the company's reputation.
1988
Eric Piffaut, fifth generation, takes the helm and makes it one of the largest vineyard owners in the region.
1998
The family acquires Maison Rivarose in Provence, the benchmark for Mediterranean sparkling wines.
2005
Move to a state-of-the-art site in Montagny-lès-Beaune, followed by the acquisition of Maison André Delorme.
2010
Aurélien Piffaut joins the year Maison Prosper Maufoux is acquired: new ambitions in Burgundy's fine wines.
2015
Château de Saint-Aubin, on the Côte des Blancs, becomes the new home of Maison Prosper Maufoux.
2020
The company adopts its new identity: Famille Piffaut Vins & Domaines.
2022
Diversification with Gabriel Boudier, premium liqueurs and spirits in Dijon, and the Belenium brewery in Beaune.
6 estates
280 hectares in Burgundy
Châtillonnais
Domaine Marie Ambal
Where Burgundy meets Champagne: 35 ha of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Aligoté on hard limestone, a terroir once prized by the monks of Molesme Abbey.
Couchois & Maranges
Domaine André Delorme
103 south-facing hectares, planted equally with high and low high-density vines, giving Pinot Noir its full expression.
Mâconnais
Domaine London
Cane-trained vines in Igé, in the heart of the Mâconnais: 22 ha of Chardonnay around Château London, one of the most renowned sites.
Hautes-Côtes de Nuits
Domaine La Vigne au Roy
36 ha of high-trained vines on the slopes of Bévy. Founded in 1973, the estate took part in the revival of the Hautes-Côtes.
Côte de Beaune
Château de Saint-Aubin
15 ha of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir across some of the Côte de Beaune's finest terroirs: Saint-Aubin Premier Cru, Chassagne-Montrachet and Meursault Premier Cru, Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, Puligny-Montrachet village, as well as Pommard and Pommard Premier Cru.
3 venues
for visits & tastings
Montagny-lès-Beaune
Maison Veuve Ambal
Book a visitSaint-Aubin
Château de Saint-Aubin
Maison Prosper Maufoux
Book a visitRully
Domaine André Delorme
Book a visitCorporate social responsibility
CSR
« To offer high-quality regional products, born of technical excellence and family know-how, with practices that respect people and the environment. »
HVE
all our estates certified High Environmental Value
2024
Vignerons Engagés label as a négociant
100%
of employees trained through the Climate Fresk
0.26
kWh per bottle produced, continuously monitored
Source: 2025 CSR report, 2024 financial year
Employer brand
Grow with us
Six generations of know-how, from the vineyard to industry: we train, promote and listen to our teams.
- Onboarding programme
- Internal promotion
- Non-discrimination charter
- Anonymous suggestion box
331
permanent employees
95%
of staff trained in 2024
2.8%
of payroll invested in training
Patronage
Rooted in our regions, we support dozens of cultural, sporting and heritage events in Burgundy every year.
Culture
Heritage
Sport