Sillery :  became renowned at the beginning of the 17th century thanks to Nicolas Brûlart, Sillery Castle and vineyard owner. He is Henry IV’s Chancellor and this connection helped him to get his wine tasted by the king and his private circle. At its peak in the 18th Century, Sillery’s reputation is reported by Edme Béguillet, attorney to the parliament of Dijon, oenologist and famous for his dislike of Champagne’s wine makers. He said of Sillery wines that “their quality is so superior that only the king deserves them”.
A descendant of the Brûlart family, the Countess of Genlis, a woman of letters, wrote that Jean-Jacques Rousseau liked some sort of Sillery wine with an onion peel colour and her husband and her nearly fell out with him as he was offended when the Count of Genlis brought him a basket of 25 bottles instead of 2 bottles.