In 1935, 22 year old Marcel Mugneret, Dominique’s grandfather, created the domaine Marcel Mugneret in Vosne-Romanée, which would later become Domaine Denis, today Dominique Mugneret. Marcel began with just a couple of hectares of Vosne-Romanée Villages and Vosne 1er Cru les Boudots, and all production was sold as new wine to négociants. Denis joined the team in the 1960’s as a salaried employee until 1972, when the Liger-Belair family of Nuits St. Georges rented him a hectare of Nuits 1er Cru les St. Georges. At this time Denis was handed over the lease of the Richebourg and Clos Vougeot vineyards by his father (also Liger-Belair properties) and also purchased a third of a hectare of Vosne Villages for himself. This was the beginning of the domaine “Denis Mugneret”.