Wine Club Presents Domaine Verdant

Join the MIT Sloan Wine Club as we welcome Ron Sanchez, founder and owner of Domaine Verdant, to share the story and wines of his celebrated Yamhill-Carlton estate — a rare, personal walkthrough of one of Oregon’s best-kept secrets.

Domaine Verdant’s ten acres sit among the oldest plantings in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA, deep in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, where ancient glacial-flood soils give its Dijon-clone Pinot Noir and Chardonnay a distinctive mineral edge beneath their rich, expressive fruit. True to his “quality over quantity” philosophy, Ron makes only about 800 cases a year and holds every bottle back — sometimes for years — until he judges it ready to drink; what little leaves the estate tends to land on the lists of Michelin-starred restaurants rather than retail shelves. You won’t find Domaine Verdant reviewed by critics or listed online — this is a true insider’s pour, and a real privilege for us to host.

Ron brings the same exacting rigor to Verdant that defined his decades as a scholar: he is Professor Emeritus of Management in the Department of Strategy and Innovation at Copenhagen Business School, where his influential research on competence-based strategy shaped how businesses think about building lasting capabilities — a lens he now applies, by his own admission, to coaxing the very best out of every vintage.

Wine List:

Whites
2023 Chanson d’Été Chardonnay (Davis Clone 548 from Dijon 95)
2019 Les Belles Jumelles Pinot Blanc/Pinot Gris
2017–18 Deux Millésimes Les Belles Jumelles Pinot Blanc/Pinot Gris
2016 Enchanteuse Chardonnay (Dijon Clones 76 and 96)

Reds
2016 Singularity Clone 113, 114, and 115 Pinot Noir
2016 Quintessence Pinot Noir (blend of Dijon Clones 113, 114, and 115)
2011 Quintessence Pinot Noir

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