Domaine Bonneau du Martray farms vineyards on the hill of Corton’s western face. These sites were identified for viticulture in the late eighth century by no less than Emperor Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor, who ordered vines to be planted on this slope around 775. His directives extended to agricultural practice and winegrowing within his domains.

Following Charlemagne’s donation of the Corton vineyards to the Benedictine monks, the land was maintained as a single agricultural holding dedicated to viticulture. Ownership changed over the centuries, but the parcels have remained intact and continuously planted to vine. Domaine Bonneau du Martray has held the core of this site since the nineteenth century and is among the few domaines whose production is almost exclusively entirely confined to the hill of Corton.

Lying between the villages of Pernand-Vergelesses and Aloxe-Corton in present-day Côte-d’Or, the hill of Corton benefits from west-facing exposure with extended sunlight, constant air circulation, and limestone-based soils. These conditions have stayed materially unchanged and continue to influence the character of the wines produced today.