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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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Name plot : LE CLAUX

Le Claux is the historic heart of the estate. It is part of the original vineyard of the property, which took its crop to the cooperative cellar of La Tour d’Aigues. It has been isolated and preserved unlike almost all the rest of the original estate, thanks to its very high quality potential and the originality of this terroir. Facing east-north-east and located on very clayey soils over clay-marl subsoils that are rare in the Luberon, this vineyard is very late ripening. After snow, Le Claux is always the last place to see it disappear.

This facilitates the slow ripening of its red grapes and the presence of clay gives them an indisputable northern character and very interesting ageing potential.

The Grenache Blanc plot has the same orientation and is a little more in the shade of the hill, which allows the grapes to ripen slowly and fully.

L’ORIENTALE

– Vintage : 2016
– Region : Rhône Valley
– Appellation : Luberon
– Colour : Red
– Plots : Le Claux / Saint Jean
– Grape varieties : 50% Syrah / 50% Grenache Noir
– Vinyeard : ECOCERT Organic viticulture certification in progress

LE CLAUX

– Vintage : 2016
– Region : Rhône Valley
– Appellation : Luberon
– Colour : Red
– Plots : Le Claux / Saint Jean / Capriers
– Grape varieties : 60% Syrah / 30% Grenache Noir / 10% Mourvèdre
– Vinyeard : ECOCERT Organic viticulture certification in progress

BARRABAN

– Vintage : 2018
– Region : Rhône Valley
– Appellation : Luberon
– Colour : White
– Plots : Malacare / Poudrière / Le Claux / La Roque
– Grape varieties: 30% Grenache Blanc / 25% Vermentino / 15% Ugni Blanc / 10% Viognier / 10% Clairette / 7% Roussanne / 3% Marsanne
– Vineyard : ECOCERT Organ

L’ODALISQUE

– Vintage : 2018
– Region : Rhône Valley
– Appellation : Luberon
– Colour : White
– Plots : Malacare / Le Claux
– Grape varieties : 35% Grenache Blanc / 40% Vermentino /25% Viognier
– Vineyard : ECOCERT Organic viticulture certification in progress