The Rion family history goes back five generations to 1896 in Premeaux and Nuits-Saint-Georges. The Domaine was established in 1955 by Daniel Rion with a mere 2 ha of vines, selling the majority of his wine to negociants until the 1978vintage.  The reds of the Côte-de-Nuits-Villages appellation have gleaming crimson highlights of the Pinot grape, veering sometimes towards an intense garnet hue or, when young, a bright cherry. Its aromas run a classic spectrum through cherry, gooseberry and blackcurrant to notes of underbrush, mushroom and spices (cinnamon).