Aimé SABON comes back from his military duty in 1967 and takes over his father's vineyards (who was bringing his grapes into cooperative cave) and father-in-law's vineyards (who was selling the wine). He builds his cave in 1973 and thus creates the domain of La Janasse, from the name of family camp located in Courthezon. His ambition will be to enlarge the domain by acquiring new vineyards of different varieties, going from 15 ha to 55 ha nowadays. In 1991, after a BTA in winemaking and oenology at Beaune and a BTS in marketing at Macon, Christophe joins his father who leaves him the responsability of the cave. He will create the different vintages and develop the marketing of the domain. Isabelle, the sister of Christophe and also oenologist, joins the team in 2001.
About WineAn exceptional health status thanks to a hot and dry summer. The quality of the vintage reflects perfectly what we are taught balance climate of the growing season: helped by a wet spring, summer 2009 promoted the production of grapes extremely healthy, very colorful and have a tannin structure. The 2009 vintage is one of the earliest of this early 21st century. In the vines, sorting was reduced to an absolute minimum and the harvests were held with confidence, leaving each winemaker the freedom to organize its harvest sites according to their different maturities plots. The rains occurred during September (53 mm monthly total) did not affect the success of the harvest that began in late August and ended early October. The 2009 vintage is in line with the very best years which are 2005 and 2007.
