Vincent Dancer set up his domaine in 1996 in Chassagne-Montrachet from plots that belonged to his family who owned Domaine Lochardet. The vineyards were certified organic in 2012 while new plantings are at high density with higher training as well. Domaine Dancer’s star continues to shine bright under the guidance of Theo, Vincent’s son, who took over the domaine in 2020. Dancer’s style involves long presses and vinification without settling, without sulphur and without new oak, resulting in very pure and aromatic wines. A touch of sulphur is added before bottling. 

In addition to continuing his father’s work at the family estate, Theo, who like his father is a keen trail runner, took on two more projects and set up his own trail.

Firstly, by creating his own négoce, sourcing grapes from friends’ estates in Jura, Rhône and Savoie. He was one of the few people alongside JF Ganevat to be entrusted with the fruit from the late Belluard’s estate and made a superb tribute to the Gringet king. His négoce wines are vinified in the same style as the domaine’s and made in their Chassagne cellar.

Secondly, with Roc Breïa, a newly born estate from a 10ha plot in the Mâconnais. What is unique to this plot is that it used to be farmed conventionally; "When seeing the plot there wasn't life - that was a challenge, but an exciting challenge." This sort of blank slate gave Theo the opportunity to use farming techniques he has learned from his father and implement them into a new vineyard, starting from scratch and really seeing it come to life. A challenge that removed the negative connotation that comes along with the word, and simply excited him. In the Côte d'Or it is traditional to see many different cuvées in a domaine's range. Unlike the traditional wide ranges of cuvées found in the Côte d’Or, Theo wanted to pursue something a bit simpler for Roc Breïa, using 10ha just to make two wines: a Chardonnay coming from 60+ years old vines and a Pinot Noir coming from 35+ years old vines.