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My family’s winegrowing history goes back 400 years in Chassagne Montrachet.

And mine back to 1996, the year I arrived in the Luberon. The snail – that’s me!
What better emblem for someone born in Burgundy!
With my winemaking studies under my belt, a meeting with both Ludmila and Provence, and here I am transporting my roots to the lands of the Vaucluse.

After six years of intense preparation, Domaine de La Bastide du Claux was born in 2002, from a strong desire to combine my traditional Burgundian vision as a winegrower with the innovative dynamic of a booming wine region, AOC Luberon.

Over the years, a long search has led me to isolate certain terroirs of superior quality, to define a range of wines intended to reflect the particularities of this superb region.

A Southern team

Emmanuel

The other Burgundian in Provence. A consultant oenologist who has supported me at each important step since 2015. Harvest dates, blends, ageing, we speak the same language when it comes to wine.

THE VINES

In an authentic and protected part of Provence, in the heart of the Luberon Natural Park, I cultivate a fragmented vineyard spread over fifteen hectares at the Bastide du Claux. Offering a rich combination of soils, climates and exposures, this space dictates how we work: highlighting its particularities, respecting its natural balance, being sure to make the right gesture.

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Parcelle : GALON

The Grenache Noir vines at Galon are located in a splendid setting. Not far from the village of Cucuron, they surround one of the most beautiful properties in all of the southern Luberon, a former Aix hunting lodge bordered by a remarkable listed garden and centuries-old trees. The soils are silty and deep, structured, and as at Pertuis the presence of water at depth delays ripening and requires special vigilance regarding mildew in some years. It mainly produces grapes intended to strengthen the rosés from Poudrière, with a good liveliness due to a higher altitude, and it can also give long and colourful reds that go perfectly with Malacare.

POUDRIERE

– Vintage : 2019
– Region : Rhône Valley
– Appellation : Luberon
– Colour : Rosé
– Plots : Poudrière / Galon / Malacare
– Grape varieties : 60% Grenache Noir / 25% Cinsault / 15% Syrah
– Vineyard : Organic viticulture under certification ECOCERT

MALACARE

– Millésime 2017
– Région Vallée du Rhône
– Appellation Luberon
– Couleur Rouge
– Parcelles Malacare / Rourabeau / Capriers
– Cépages 50% Syrah / 30% Grenache Noir / 20% Carignan
– Vigne Viticulture Biologique en cours de certification ECOCERT