Located in Saint Rémy de Provence, north of the Alpilles mountain range, Domaine MILAN was created in 1956 by Robert Milan, and later taken over by his son Henri in 1986. From the start, Henri Milan had great ambitions for the domain. He has always been passionate about wines and wanted to make wines with respect for nature. Henri had the intuition that his terroir was made of a wide variety of mineral layers which was confirmed by Claude Bourguignon, famous microbiologist, who analyzed the plot of "la carrée" in April 1996. This allowed to highlight the terroir of blue marls, similar to the terroirs of Jura and Chablis whose potential to produce great white wines is well established. In addition, it was also in 1996 that Henri met the Sologne winegrower, Claude Courtois of the Domaine des Cailloux du Paradis, that he realized that he had to run his estate according to the principles of Biodynamics. After several years of work, in 2000 Domaine Milan produced its first vintage without added sulphites. Surrounded by an increasingly large team including Sébastien Xavier in the cellar, and Dominique Carsy in head of culture, Henri was able, little by little, to revive his terroir. Today, the wines produced by Domaine MILAN seem to express more and more this Provençal terroir. Now, Henri surrounded by his children Emmanuelle and Théophile who are continuing the work started 30 years ago, the Milan estate is entering a new era. In the vines, after having gone from conventional cultivation to organic and then biodynamic cultivation, we can easily see the differences that exist between these methods of conventional chemical cultivation, and that respectful of nature and the soil, not only through renewal. of a terroir but also on the health impact of the vines which today make it possible to produce great wines.

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Domain Name:
Domaine Milan
Winemaker's Name:
Emma, Théophile & Henri Milan
Country:
France
Region:
Provence
Appellations:
Baux de Provence, Vin de France, Les Baux de Provence, Bouches-du-rhône, Vin De France, Les Baux De Provence, Vin de table de France, Provence, Vin De Table De France
Farming:
Organic (Bureau Veritas)
Plough horse:
yes
Grape varieties:
Grenache blanc / Chardonnay / Rolle / Roussanne / Muscat petits grains, Grenache Noir, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache Blanc, Chardonnay, Roussanne, Rolle, Muscat Petits Grains, Cabernet Sauvignon, Vermentino, Toussa è, Muscat, Cinsault, Merlot, Carignan, Grenache noir, Cabernet sauvignon, Grenache Noire, Grenache, Alicante, Pinot Noir, Grenache & Syrah, Müller-Thurgau, Roussane, Marsanne

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<p>Situ&eacute; a saint R&eacute;my de Provence, au nord de la chaine de montagne des Alpilles, le Domaine MILAN a &eacute;t&eacute; cr&eacute;&eacute; en 1956 par Robert Milan, et plus tard repris par son fils Henri en 1986. D&egrave;s de d&eacute;part, Henri milan avait de grandes ambitions pour le domaine. Il a toujours &eacute;t&eacute; passionn&eacute; par les vins et voulais faire des vins en respect avec la nature. Henri avait l&rsquo;intuition que son terroir &eacute;tait fait d&rsquo;une grande vari&eacute;t&eacute; de couches min&eacute;rales qui fut confirm&eacute;e par Claude Bourguignon, c&eacute;l&egrave;bre microbiologiste, qui analysa la parcelle de &laquo;&nbsp;la carr&eacute;e&nbsp;&raquo; en avril 1996. Celle ci permis de mettre en lumi&egrave;re le terroir de marnes bleues, similaire aux terroirs du Jura et de Chablis dont le potentiel pour produire de grands vins blancs n&rsquo;est plus &agrave; prouver. De plus, c&rsquo;est &eacute;galement en 1996 qu&rsquo;Henri rencontra le vigneron de Sologne, Claude Courtois du Domaine des Cailloux du Paradis, qu&rsquo;il r&eacute;alisa qu&rsquo;il devait conduire son domaine selon les principes de la Biodynamie. Apr&egrave;s plusieurs ann&eacute;es de travail, en l&rsquo;an 2000 le Domaine Milan produit son 1er mill&eacute;sime sans sulfites ajout&eacute;s. Entour&eacute; d&rsquo;une &eacute;quipe de plus en plus importante dont S&eacute;bastien Xavier en cave, et Dominique Carsy en chef de culture, Henri pu, peu a peu, faire revivre son terroir. Aujourd&rsquo;hui, les vins que produit le Domaine MILAN semblent exprimer de plus en plus ce terroir proven&ccedil;ale. D&eacute;sormais, Henri entour&eacute; de ses enfants Emmanuelle et Th&eacute;ophile qui continuent ce travail d&eacute;marr&eacute; il y a 30 ans, le domaine Milan entre dans une nouvelle &egrave;re. Dans les vignes, apr&egrave;s &ecirc;tre pass&eacute; de la culture conventionnelle &agrave; la culture biologique puis biodynamique, on peut facilement voir les diff&eacute;rences qui existent entre ces m&eacute;thodes de cultures conventionnelles chimiques, et celle respectueuse de la nature et des sols, non seulement a travers le renouveau d&rsquo;un terroir mais aussi sur l&rsquo;impact sanitaire des vignes qui permettent aujourd&rsquo;hui de produire de grands vins.</p>

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