Man kunne godt tro de havde fået sig et lille glas eller to over tørsten da de tilbage i 1937 skulle fastlægge rammerne for hvad der skulle have Grand Cru status i Gevrey-Chambertin, og det er sikkert muligt at finde fascinerende historier om de alliancer og studehandler som datidens influenter indgik med hinanden for at nå et resultat, som tilgodeså så mange som muligt.

Dels var det overraskende, at de fandt det nødvendigt at definere hele 6 ekstra Grand Cru marker rundt om Clos de Bèze, Chambertin og Charmes-Chambertin, og dels var det besynderligt, at de bare 1,82 ha. som udgjorde Mazoères-Chambertin fik tilladelse til at sælge deres vin som Charmes-Chambertin.

Hvorom alting er fik de 3 store Clos de Bèze, Chambertin og Charmes-Chambertin hele 6 satellitter på begge sider af Route des Grands Crus og Christophe Perrot-Minot, der har samlet på exceptionelle parceller i mere 25 år, har stadig en lille drøm om være repræsenteret i dem alle. 

Det har ledt frem til et usædvanligt partnerskab med Pierre Damoy, som blandt andet ejer hele 5,36 ha. omkring det lille berømte landhus midt oppe på Clos de Bèze. Christophe og Pierre har således siden 2003 kultiveret en del af vinstokkene i fællesskab og også fastlagt høsttidspunktet sammen, og når druerne så bliver plukket får Christophe som regel tilstrækkeligt til at kunne fylde 6-8 fade svarende til 1.600-2.200 flasker.

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The darling of the Francophone wine press, Christophe Perrot-Minot, continues his evolution in the direction of textural finesse and aromatic range: the extraction and richness of yesteryear have given way to melting tannins and ethereal aromas, exemplified by a beautiful set of 2019s. William Kelley - The Wine Advocate - Januar 2021

“The most important thing was to have the freshness in the wines,” Christophe Perrot-Minot told me. “We harvested from 17 to 25 September. The challenge was to eliminate the berries that were dry or over-ripe. For the vinification there were no problems at all. The average yield was around 20hl/ha. We did much more remontage than pigeage and will rack at the end of the year. There is a maximum of 20% new oak and around 50% whole bunches across the range. The malos were all finished within two months and the wines will be bottled around the end of March.”
Highlights in 2019 include a very impressive Chapelle-Chambertin and voluminous Mazoyères-Chambertin, closely followed by the Griottes-Chambertin. I also loved the Nuits Saint-Georges Richemone Cuvée Ultra that will be dangerously seductive. There is always a glossy veneer to these wines, not that dissimilar to Arlaud in some ways, and they deserve requisite time in the cellar. Neal Martin - Vinous - December 2020

Christophe Perrot-Minot commented that 2019 "is an excellent but relatively tiny vintage as my net yields came in at only 22 hl/ha. The growing season was again very hot and dry and while we didn't have much disease pressure, the flowering did not go especially well and thus there was a lot of shatter and a high incidence of shot berries. The summer was especially dry, but we didn't have too much hydric stress in the vines, or at least it seemed as though there was less than what we experienced in 2018. This may have been due to the fact that the nights were cooler in 2019 and thus there was less acid burn off and less dehydration. There was also strong luminosity, which helped the fruit achieve very good phenolic maturities. We picked from the 17th of September and brought in super-clean fruit that required very little sorting. I used around 50% whole clusters for the vinifications and used no more than 20% new wood for the élevage. As to the wines, they are more elegant and more tension-filled than their 2018 counterparts with no excess ripeness. I especially like how refreshing they are because even though they're still extremely young, they make you feel like drinking them. Add to this fine terroir transparency and you have a vintage that should be extremely popular among Burgundy lovers." As the scores and commentaries confirm, I was seriously impressed with the quality I found here as Perrot-Minot's 2019s are wonderfully pure and vibrant. Allen Meadows - The ultimate Burgundy reference - Januar 2021

Vinen er tappet med kvalitets propper og hver enkelt flaske forsynes til sidst med en "logstrip", der gør det muligt på internettet at indhente oplysninger om hver enkelt flaskes videre færd. (http://www.prooftag.com/)

Dette domaine kom til verden da Marie-France Merme i 1963 giftede sig med Henri Perrot-Minot. Henri arbejde i begyndelsen sammen med sin svigerfar om driften, og da svigerfaderen døde besluttede han at bygge videre på de traditioner funderet på kvalitet og innovation, som allerede regerede på stedet, men nu under navnet Henri Perrot-Minot.

Det er imidlertid først efter 1993 da familiens søn Christophe Perrot-Minot vendte hjem til gården efter 7 års læretid som vinmægler, at tingene for alvor tog fart.

Christophe begyndte at udvide portofølgen først med druer fra små lejede parceller i Chambertin og siden med en række fine parceller i Côtes de Nuits. Siden lykkedes det for Christophe Perrot-Minot at erhverve Domaine Pernin Rossin i Vosne-Romanée, da dette blev sat til salg.

Domænet ejer i dag således hele 18 ha. rundt omkring i Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolly-Musigny, Vosne-Romanée og Nuits-Saint-Georges og producerer hvert år mindst 25 forskellige vine.

For Christophe er vinstokkenes alder blevet det helt centrale omdrejningspunkt, og tilplantninger med nye vinstokke er næsten ikke eksisterende. Derfor lanceres de allerfleste vine som Vieilles Vignes eller Vieilles Vignes - Cuvée Ultra såfremt vinstokkene er særligt gamle.