Meursault, one of the most storied villages in Burgundy's Côte de Beaune, is getting a new place to stay. La Maison Le Chevreuil opens in September 2026 after two years of renovation, and it has been put together with the kind of local detail you'd hope for in wine country: everything from the furniture to the bar counter was made in the region, largely by local artisans.
The project was led by two designers, Aubin Prost and Johanna Leserre, who walked a line between preserving the building's heritage and giving it a clean, contemporary feel. The lobby is deliberately treated as an open house rather than a pass-through — curved stained-oak lines wrap the space to encourage guests to actually hang out there.
The centrepiece is Terre, a food-and-wine concept spread across several rooms of the hotel. The design choices here are unusually tactile. Dining chairs are set lower than standard to create a more grounded, relaxed posture, and the bar counter is built from rammed earth — so you can sip local wine while literally leaning against the soil it came from. Even the region's iconic Corton stone gets repurposed, ground into a contemporary terrazzo used around the property.
There are just 10 rooms, and each leans hard into a winemaking theme. Rounded showers reference the cylindrical wine vats used by local vintners, while the colour palette draws on deep wine tones and the surrounding vineyards. Leserre custom-designed every piece of furniture, built in a Burgundian workshop from locally selected wood — dark, understated pieces meant to feel quiet rather than showy.
On the practical side, all rooms face either the vineyards or the village square, and come with a tea station, a desk area, a walk-in closet and a TV. In other words: designed as much for a working stay or a longer pause as for a quick wine-weekend crash.
Who is it for? Anyone planning a Burgundy trip around tasting rather than ticking off sights. Meursault sits in the Côte de Beaune, a short drive from Beaune itself, with famous whites produced steps from the hotel door. A 10-room hotel means booking early once 2026 dates open, and staying in the village itself — rather than basing in Beaune — lets you walk home from dinner and tasting rooms. If you're travelling in September, you may also catch the harvest in action, which is as atmospheric as Burgundy gets.