Bernard Duseigneur
Domaine Duseigneur
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Anecdotes about the domain
To be a winegrower is to be part of a history, to continue it and take it beyond our own existence. We have received a land that we will in turn transmit. We have to give it a little more of our time and return it in a better state than when it was given to us. Two encounters have marked me: Philippe Faure-Brac (best sommelier in the world in 1992) who knows wine and vines so well was able to advise me and support me in my research; Philippe Cambie, Oenologist and undisputed master of Grenache and the terroir of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, he was able to help me understand my terroir and help me to restore it in my wines.
The domain's short story
We converted the estate from organic to biodynamic in 2002. At that time, we wanted to improve our work, to make the wine more expressive, more vibrant and more revealing of its terroir. Through our insatiable search for quality, we wanted to reveal the purity of our grenaches. At the tasting, we found clear differences in the wines of our colleagues who were leading their vines in Biodynamics. It was a gustatory click that made us embrace this philosophy. Understanding, observing, evaluating, anticipating, testing, adapting are all necessary actions to reveal the terroir that is given to us, there are as many biodynamics as there are terroirs.
The winemaker's pride
Located in the very heart of the village of Châteauneuf du Pape, Domaine Duseigneur extends over some thirty hectares of vines aged between 50 and 130 years. Bernard Duseigneur, heir to a family of winegrowers for 5 generations and Philippe Faure-Brac, best sommelier in the world in 1992, have been jointly managing the estate for about ten years. Biodynamic cultivation (the estate is a member of Biodyvin) allows the great terroirs of the Châteauneuf du Pape, Lirac and Côtes du Rhône Villages Laudun appellations to be fully expressed.
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