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An iconic name
The history of Maison Tissot is closely linked to the village of Nevy-sur-Seille, at the foot of the legendary Château-Chalon mountain in the heart of the Jura vineyards. Authentic winegrowers' houses are nestled on the banks of the Seille, a peaceful river running through the vineyards and meadows of this green region.
Tissot
In the village centre, in the oldest cellar of the Maison Tissot, there is a vault engraved with the date 1560, bearing witness to an ancient winemaking practice. Founded in 1896 by Joseph Tissot, the company initially sold its own wines that came from the vineyards surrounding the village, before joining forces with neighbouring winegrowers who have become solid partners over the years. It was Joseph Tissot who first had the idea of using the champenoise method for Jura wines, giving birth to the now-famous Crémants du Jura.
A family of visionaries
In 1945, his son Michel significantly developed the business and partnerships with neighbouring vineyard owners. In 1948, he married Juliette Clavelin, the daughter of a Vernois winegrower whose grandfather, a canon, gave his name to the Jura’s most iconic bottle, the famous 62 cl Clavelin, reserved exclusively for the famous Vin Jaune. From their union Joseph, Claudine, Jean-Pierre and Pascal were born.
They continue to develop the family business which will become the third Jura Maison. Joseph trained at the Avize champagne school, Jean-Pierre is a graduate of the Beaune wine school, and Pascal trained at a business school in Lyon.
Tradition and success
The success of this illustrious Tissot family is the result of the perfect alchemy between a winegrowing tradition inherited for more than 11 generations, an unconditional respect for the Jura terroir and the constant desire to help lovers of great wines discover this unique vineyard.
The Maison Michel Tissot & Fils is today one of the great names in the Jura vineyards, proud of its roots and the authentic character of its great wines.
la Grange Grillard
Le Domaine de
The Grange Grillard and its lands were once owned by the Abbey of Cluny in 1026 and are documented as being planted with vines as early as 1029. The Domaine, exclusively distributed by Michel TISSOT & Fils, now covers nearly 37 hectares in the Arbois appellation.
Grange-Grillard and its typical Jura foothills landscape are made up of flats and a hillside culminating at 300 m that slopes gently down to the river Glanon.
Increasingly precise knowledge of the Jura soils has enabled us to identify the plots of land on the estate that are best suited to the expression of our grape varieties.
La Grande Côte de Grillard
This Grillard "Grande Côte" whose geology varies according to the altitude between marl and marl covered with limestone scree, covers about 3.4 hectares and is particularly favourable to red grape varieties and more particularly to Pinot Noir.
Its hillside location results in exposures that vary from northwest to west.
En Golière
Located on the flat part of the Estate, at an altitude of about 260 m, the "En Golière" plot covers about 2 hectares of vines, close to the "Glanon", a river which has contributed to the development of an alluvial type of soil, modifying the impact of the area’s marly geology. These soil characteristics enable us to produce Chardonnay with outstanding aromatic purity and minerality.