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The 1487 stone arch of the estate.
Domaine LeSeurreEst. MMXXVI

Seneca Lake · Finger Lakes

1487Heritage

A new chapter

A fifteenth-century French barn, dismantled beam by beam and raised again on the shores of Seneca Lake. A new chapter for Domaine LeSeurre.


Opening
August 2026
Location
Seneca Lake, New York
Maison
Céline & Sébastien LeSeurre
The future 1487 barn with its glass wall, on Seneca Lake.

The Project

Six centuries of timber,fifty years of vines.

1487 Heritage is the new home of Domaine LeSeurre on Seneca Lake — where a French barn older than the United States meets a vineyard that has been growing here for half a century.



The timber frame of the 1487 barn — hand-drawn elevation.I

The barn from 1487

It was standing in France before Columbus crossed the Atlantic — a timber-framed barn raised in 1487. We took it down beam by beam, numbered every piece, and carried it across the ocean.

Today it rises again above Seneca Lake. Not a replica, not a theme: the same oak, the same joints, re-assembled by hand. A fifteenth-century European structure, now a Finger Lakes winery.


The estate vineyard rows — hand-drawn watercolor.II

A vineyard since 1976

Twenty acres on the lake, ten of them planted. The vines were set in the ground in 1976 — they turn fifty this year. Older vines, fewer grapes, deeper concentration.

Half Chardonnay, half Riesling: the two grapes the Finger Lakes do best, farmed by a family six generations into Champagne winemaking. French hands, New World terroir.

Inside the 1487 barn — the centuries-old oak timber frame, re-assembled by hand.

01
20
Acres

The estate on Seneca Lake — ten of them under vine.

02
1976
Planted

Vines turning fifty this year. Half a century of roots.

03
50 / 50
Chardonnay · Riesling

Two noble grapes, in perfect balance across the parcels.

04
1487
The Barn

A fifteenth-century French barn, dismantled and raised anew.


Be one of the first to call it yours.

Céline & Sébastien · Our Philosophy

Without wine, wewould never have met.

Two children of wine — a sixth-generation Champagne family and a vine grower's granddaughter from the Pyrénées — met in a French vineyard in New Zealand. Everything since has grown from that.


01 — The Meeting

New Zealand, 2009

Sébastien, the sixth generation of a Champagne winemaking family. Céline, raised among the vines her grandfather tended facing the Pyrénées. They met as colleagues in a French vineyard in Marlborough. The wine came first — the story followed.

02 — The Heritage

French roots, New World soil

From New Zealand to Australia, then to the Finger Lakes — where their children were born. They fell for these terroirs and built Domaine LeSeurre: a meeting of French heritage and New World wines, carried by six generations of Champagne savoir-faire.

03 — The Dream

Built from nothing

Creating their own domaine was the dream of a lifetime. They started from zero — no help, just work, a clear vision, and years of it. The barn of 1487 is the next chapter of that same dream, raised on Seneca Lake.

Céline and Sébastien LeSeurre at the barn site in Champagne, France, before it was dismantled.

Céline & Sébastien — at the barn, Champagne

The LeSeurre daughters in front of the rising 1487 barn — the next generation.

Their daughters — the next chapter

In their words

“We do everything by taste. We mapped the finest terroirs of the Finger Lakes, chose the oldest vines, and let the wine live. That is the magic of craft — everything happens on its own.”

Céline & Sébastien


Taste before all

Single-vineyard terroirs of excellence, kept apart. The oldest vines, the finest growers — chosen after tasting our way across the region, grape by grape.


Made cleanly

No added colorants, no added tannins, no concentrates. Minimal sulfur. We don't force nature — we let the living wine find its own balance. Real purity.


The Champagne hand

Our sparkling wines rest ten years on the lees before disgorgement. Each bottle is handled some seventy times. Reserved for our members alone.

Why we built this

A wine that gives you
back a memory.

A single sip can return an entire moment — the way a taste in childhood does. That is what we make wine for: not a product, but an emotion to keep and to share. The barn of 1487 will hold the first of those moments. Be there from the very first bottle.

The offer

300 numbered collector bottles. Founding Members only.

The build · 2025 — August 2026

From France toSeneca Lake.

A barn from 1487, dismantled in France and carried across the Atlantic to rise again on the lake. Follow its rebuilding, step by step, all the way to the August opening.

The estate vineyard sloping down toward Seneca Lake, New York.
  1. 01Complete

    Winter 2025

    Dismantled in France

    The barn of 1487 is taken down beam by beam, every piece of timber numbered for its rebirth.

  2. 02Complete

    Spring 2026

    Across the Atlantic

    The centuries-old timber frame is crated and sets sail for the Finger Lakes.

  3. 03Complete

    May 2026

    Preparing the site

    Groundwork and foundations on the shores of Seneca Lake, at the heart of the twenty acres.

  4. 04In progress

    June 2026

    Raising the frame

    Craftsmen raise the oak structure again, re-assembled true to the original plan.

  5. 05Upcoming

    July 2026

    Fit-out & finishing

    The tasting room, cellar and welcome area take shape within the barn.

  6. 06Upcoming

    August 2026

    Opening the doors

    The estate welcomes its first guests — and its first Founding Members.

The Founding Member Offer

Be one of thethree hundred.

The very first 1487 Heritage release is bottled once, in three hundred hand-numbered collector bottles. Each founder receives one — and a number that stays theirs. This is how you belong to the estate before the doors open in August.

Edition

300 bottles

Hand-numbered. Made once.

The Vines

1976

Fifty harvests this year.

The Family

6th gen.

Champagne, by lineage.

Live count

0

founders have joined the first 1487 release.

Numbered collector bottles300 remaining
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Rather taste first? Order a single bottle — it's the natural way in.

Before you join

How the clubworks.

Plain answers, no fine print. The founding release is a commitment worth understanding before you make it.

What does becoming a Founding Member mean?
You join the very first release of 1487 Heritage and receive one of only 300 numbered collector bottles — hand-numbered, made once, never reprinted. Your bottle's number is yours: you are, on record, one of the founders of the estate before the doors even open.
How often will I receive wine?
The 1487 Heritage club is a traditional release club: a curated shipment a few times a year, announced in advance. Each release tells you exactly what is inside before it ships — no surprises, no obligation to buy beyond your membership.
Can I choose which wines I receive?
Yes. Each release is member-customizable: you keep a minimum selection and are free to adjust the rest to your taste within the release. Céline and Sébastien curate; you fine-tune.
I haven't tasted the wine yet. Is that a problem?
Not at all. These are wines from vines planted in 1976 — fifty harvests — farmed by a sixth-generation Champagne family. If you'd rather taste first, order a single bottle from the shop below; it's the natural way in. Many founders start there.
What if I want to step back later?
Membership is a commitment to the founding release, not a life sentence. You can manage or pause your membership through your account after the founding release. Your collector number, once attributed, remains yours.

Founding Members

Reserve your founding number.

Leave your details and we’ll hold your place among the three hundred. No payment today — we confirm your number and finalize your membership when it opens, before the doors open in August.

No payment today — your spot, reserved.
The 1487 Heritage collector bottle — numbered ? of 300.

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The wines.

Six generations of French winemaking, grown on the shores of the Finger Lakes. Shipped from the estate to your cellar.

Sparkling Héritage Brut, 2012 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2012 · Late Disgorged

Sparkling Héritage Brut

$75.00

Sparkling Blanc de Noirs, 2012 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2012 · Late Disgorged

Sparkling Blanc de Noirs

$85.00

Sparkling Blanc de Blancs, 2012 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2012 · Late Disgorged

Sparkling Blanc de Blancs

$79.00

Sparkling Rosé, 2012 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2012 · Late Disgorged

Sparkling Rosé

$110.00

Riesling Barrel Select, 2023 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2023 · Riesling

Riesling Barrel Select

$26.99

Sauvignon Blanc Barrel Select, 2024 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2024 · Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc Barrel Select

$29.99

Chardonnay Barrel Select No.02, 2022 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2022 · Chardonnay

Chardonnay Barrel Select No.02

$49.99

Gewurztraminer Terroir d'Excellence, 2024 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2024 · Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer Terroir d'Excellence

$34.99

Cabernet Franc Barrel Select No.1, 2019 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2019 · Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc Barrel Select No.1

$54.99

Pinot Noir Barrel Select, 2021 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2021 · Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir Barrel Select

$34.99

Cabernet Sauvignon Barrel Select, 2021 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2021 · Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon Barrel Select

$34.99

Merlot Barrel Select, 2020 — Domaine LeSeurre.

2020 · Merlot

Merlot Barrel Select

$34.99

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Join the team

Open theestate with us.

We're building the opening team for 1487 Heritage on Seneca Lake — a barn first raised in 1487, taken down in France and reborn among the vines. The doors open in August.

If you care about wine, hospitality and craft — and want to be part of something from its first day — tell us your story. Every application is read personally by Céline and Sébastien.

Location
Seneca Lake, NY
Opening
August 2026
The vines
Planted 1976

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