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Julien d’Abrigeon has always had a passion for the living and spent most of his childhood out and about observing fauna and flora. He landed his first job in Switzerland with the legendary that is Marie Therese Chappaz, the pope of biodynamic farming in this country. She allowed him to make his own experiments and he was her right-hand man for four years. Julien continued his journey south of the Rhone Valley and found himself taking the position of Maître de chais at Domaine Jean Louis Chave. His intuition and sensitivity led him to become Jean Louis’s protégé. With his guidance he purchased 1 hectare of old organic Grenache vines in a village called Buisson, in the Southern Rhône, a terroir that 20 years ago wasn’t in favour by the local vignerons because of its cold, sandy soils, uneven ripening season if ripening at all. With global warming, these terroirs are nowadays very much thought after. It is without saying that a certain nearby icon called Chateau Rayas rest on similar soils…
Grape Varieties: 100% Grenache Average Age of Vines: 75/80 years Terroir: Sand, clay and pebbly soils Exposition: North Altitude: 250m Vinification: Manual harvest. The grenache on sand is in whole clusters and the rest is destemmed. Native yeasts, light punch-down and in concrete tanks Ageing: 1 year with part in a closed stainless steel tank and another part in old barrels, followed by 3 months in stainless steel tank. Alcohol: 15%
