Domaine Arlaud was born of a marriage. In 1942, Joseph Arlaud, a man from the Ardèche, wed Renée Amiot, whose family held choice parcels in Morey-Saint-Denis and Gevrey-Chambertin. Her dowry became the foundation of the estate; Joseph's subsequent acquisitions, concentrated around the family's home village of Morey-Saint-Denis, built it out further. His son Hervé took over in 1982 and continued to expand the holdings with his wife Brigitte, and in 2013 their son Cyprien, who had been working alongside his father since 1998, assumed full control of the domaine.

Today Cyprien farms 15 hectares across 19 individual appellation sites, including coveted plots in four Grand Crus: Clos de la Roche, Clos Saint-Denis, Charmes-Chambertin and Bonnes-Mares. The estate abandoned herbicide use in 1998, moved to organic farming in 2004 (certified in 2010), and began its conversion to biodynamics in 2009, becoming the first domaine in Morey-Saint-Denis to hold Biodyvin certification in 2014. Part of the vineyard is still ploughed by horse, a practice overseen by Cyprien's sister Bertille.

In the cellar, Cyprien's approach favours minimal intervention and elegance over power. New oak is kept low across the board, zero on the Bourgogne and 15 to 30 percent through the rest of the range, and whole cluster is used sparingly on the upper-tier wines, never exceeding 30 percent and only when the vintage and stem ripeness allow it. The wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered.

A season of generous yields kept in check by exacting biodynamic viticulture, and by two separate green harvests. Picking began on 7 September, with fruit that needed careful sorting but arrived clean, and ripeness that let Cyprien work without chaptalisation.

A vintage where we really didn't suffer from overproduction, thanks to our strict biodynamic approach... Maturities were perfect for the style of wine we want to make.
— Cyprien Arlaud