Before becoming a winegrower, I had a first life in Paris where I was in charge of the artistic direction of a club, at the age of 20. Then I decided to go back to my studies and combine partying and science: this is how wine entered my life. I do not come from a family of winegrowers, nor great connoisseurs. Very quickly, over this year in agronomy school, I broke away from conventional wine, which was boring me to death, and I discovered natural wine, where I finally touched on this very particular emotion that everyone was talking. So I worked in sommeliers and cellars, only defending natural wine. After two years in North America, I was tired of serving and talking about a product that I didn't know how to do, so I decided to take the plunge.
Today owner of a 20 hectare plot in the southern Rhône (0.35 of Grenache Noir, 0.35 of Syrah and 0.3 of Cinsault and 0.2 of Plantier) combined with a trading part to do what I please, I started with 1800 bottles in 2018, 5000 in 2019, 7500 in 2020 and 10000 in 2021. But never exceed 10000. My motto: start small, stay small.
I do everything by hand, from the vine to the design of the label. I press with a ratchet and pneumatic press, I trample lightly with my foot, I do two or three pumping overs with a bucket and I also fill my barrels with the jump. I bottle with a small machine with four nozzles or a Fimer at a speed of 1000 bottles/hour. In the vineyard, I do as much as possible by hand, like a large garden. I brush with a rotofil, I treat with a back spray.
My wines are neither filtered nor fined nor sulphated. And I proceed with a minimum of movement. I only work with grapes from organic farming, but I don't think I'll ask for the label for my plots, for the simple and good reason that I expect conventional farmers to also pay for a chemical label that explains their maneuver.
Natural winemakers, here's the information we need to register you on Raisin.
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DOMAINE
Please provide the information about your estate including location, size, treatments used,
horses, tractors, harvests, etc. within 300-500 characters. This description will be added to your profile.
CERTIFICATIONS (ORGANIC, BIODYNAMIC) :
Please send us all certifications (organic, biodynamic, etc.). If your estate is not certified,
please explain why and describe your farming practices.
INFORMATION ON EACH OF THE WINES YOU PRODUCE:
wine name
color
grape variety(ies) by year(s)
appellation
sparkling
label photo (.pdf format - printer's proof)
volume of free and total sulfur
analysis of each vintage
Is your wine from Négociant activities?
PHOTOS :
a photo of you (the winemaker)
photos of the winery and cellar (between 6 and 12)