Emmanuel Houillon-Overnoy took over the domaine from his adoptive father Pierre Overnoy in 2000, but had been working alongside Pierre for many years beforehand.
These special natural wines from Pupillin, just up the road from Arbois in Jura are extremely difficult to find, not just because of lower productions than most producers, but because these low intervention wines are notorious for being sold on the secondary market for inflated prices, due to the huge demand from wine collectors.
Visiting Emmanuel, known locally as Manu, and of course Pierre Overnoy who founded the domaine, it's instantly obvious both of their lifestyles comes nowhere near the big Chateaux and Burgundy producers whose wines sell on auction sites for similar high amounts, and we don't feel they would want to have such a money-orientated position either.
Both of these talented winemakers are incredibly humble, and genuinely passionate about the natural wine they produce. They have not only made a great name for themselves as natural winemakers working without chemicals, but strongly influenced countless winemakers in the Jura region, and further afield.
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