patrick Dursent
Domaine de L'Architecte
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Anecdotes about the domain
Selected by the Guide Hachette, Bettane-dessauve and Parker from the first vintage (2014) with very good marks and tasting comments, the domain continues to be present on the beautiful tables of the department and starred in France with the ambition to be among the best wines of Roussillon! We are now recognized by the Collège Culinaire de France as a Quality Artisan Producer!
The domain's short story
Patrick Dursent was an Architect in Brest building sports and entertainment halls, he exchanged pencils and squares for pruning shears and tasters by creating his estate in 2013 by buying old vines on the hillsides. Since then, he has lived among his vines, working outside whenever possible and doing all the winemaking and maturing tasks alone. It is only for the pruning and harvesting that he has a team of seasonal workers to guarantee a rigorous manual sorting to harvest only the finest grapes and thus make the finest juices!
The winemaker's pride
The Domaine de l'Architecte is located in the hills of Aspres between land and sea and overlooks the plain of Roussillon. This terroir produces great wines with the traditional grape varieties of Roussillon, Grenache, Carignan, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache Blanc and Muscat d'Alexandrie for the Muscat Sec! The exploitation of these hillsides is led in agriculture of High Environmental Value (Certified HVE level 3) with plant cover, without weedkillers nor insecticides. The grapes are exclusively harvested by hand with a very demanding plot sorting, followed by a short maceration in order to produce fine and very aromatic nectars whose maturation and vinification in vats at low temperature preserves all the notes of fruits and sweet spices.
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