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Maison Louis Jadot was founded in 1859 when Louis Henri Denis Jadot purchased an existing négociant house, Lemaire-Fouleux, and renamed it, redirecting sales toward Belgian and northern French markets. The Jadot family, originally from Belgium, had settled in

Beaune in the 1790s and already held a share in the Chevalier-Montrachet Les Demoiselles vineyard; in 1826 the family patriarch purchased the Clos des Ursules, a premier cru plot in Beaune that remains part of the estate today.

As a négociant, Jadot built its business on purchasing grapes and wine from growers across Burgundy while progressively acquiring its own vineyard holdings — a strategy the house pursued deliberately for long-term stability rather than relying solely on outside fruit.

Today it is one of the largest and most widely distributed producers in Burgundy, straddling négociant-scale volume with a reputation for maintaining quality and site-typicity across its range, from villages wines up to grand cru.