Domaine Jean-Luc Mouillard

Domaine Jean-Luc Mouillard is a family run winery in the Jura region of Eastern France. Located between Burgundy and the Swiss border, Jura is France’s smallest wine region and is home to some of the country’s most distinctive wines.

Jean-Luc Mouillard, whose parents were both cooperative vine growers and dairy farmers producing milk for Comté cheese, pursued a degree in Oenology in Beaune, France. After completing his studies in 1991, he returned home with his wife Annie to Jura, assuming responsibility for his family’s estate vineyard in Nevy-Sur-Seille. Initially working three hectares of vines, they gradually expanded the estate and relocated to the village of Mantry, where they purchased a historic 16th-century house with wine cellars. By 2005, they further modernised their operations by constructing a state-of-the-art winery on the property.

Today, Domaine Jean-Luc Mouillard spans 11 hectares across three appellations: Château-Chalon, L’Étoile, and Côtes du Jura. Dedicated to sustainable farming from the start, Jean-Luc has always avoided the use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers. In 2020, he began transitioning to organic viticulture, and officially received certification in 2023. In the cellar they opt for low-intervention practices using traditional Jura techniques such as sous voile, meaning “under a veil” which involves a layer of yeast developing on the surface of the wine during maturation and not topping the barrels like you would normally to get an oxidative style wine.

Combining tradition, innovation, and a focus on terroir, Domaine Jean-Luc Mouillard wines are really something unique and special, they show great fruit concentration, minerality and fantastic length.