Terres Secrètes

Terres Secrètes is a Burgundy story told in plural. It begins in 1928, with the birth of the Prissé cellar (and the cellar of Verzé), then widens in 1951 with the Sologny cellar, until the three merge in 1998—and in 2007 take the name “Vignerons des Terres Secrètes.”

What makes them compelling isn’t scale alone, but how that scale is used: dozens of families working a mosaic of sites so small they can be treated like gardens—each parcel selected, delimited, and kept distinct to preserve what a single lieu-dit can say.

Location

They’re based at the southern tip of Burgundy, in the sunlit, rolling hills of the Mâconnais, and they highlight a rare geographic anchor: their cellar is the only cooperative winery located within the perimeter of the Grand Site Solutré-Pouilly-Vergisson.

The cooperative footprint is significant—900 hectares (including 630 ha of Chardonnay) farmed by 120 cooperative winegrowers, with wines sold into 40 countries and about half exported.

Winemaking & Philosophy

Their wines are organized around a simple promise: keep terroir readable. That shows up in how they talk about their parcel work and micro-vinifications (for example, the Révélis range), and in the way they elevate old vines, low yields, long lees ageing, and selective oak (the Sentinelles range) to build Burgundian depth without losing Mâconnais brightness.

Sustainability is treated as a long-running commitment: their history notes that in 2013 they became the first Burgundy cellar labeled “Vignerons en Développement Durable.”

Certifications

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