When I bought the estate in 2013, I wondered what the word "Mandourelle" meant. The inhabitants of the village of Villesèque des Corbières told me that this meant "young girl" in local dialect. When I look at the vineyard, the estate and the work we have done there, I think that this young girl will very quickly become a great lady.
Anecdotes about the domain
Being a winemaker means listening, observing and appropriating the land, the soil, the vines, in order to extract the best from them and to share his wines. Being a winegrower is a passion, pure happiness and a great adventure that we never tire of! Each winemaker has a wine that resembles him more or less. The wine that resembles me the most is the Domaine Mandourelle Rouge 3 étoiles. It is our top of the range wine, which embodies the best of the best. It is made from our oldest parcels of Grenache and Syrah that we choose with a very rigorous parcel-by-parcel approach and for which we take the greatest care. Yields are very low, around 15 hl per hectare, as is production, with only 2,500 to 3,000 bottles produced per vintage. Since the 2014 vintage, we have been bottling our wines to our great delight. We started with reds and rosés and in 2 years we will also produce whites. We have invested a lot and completely refurbished the vineyard, the cellar and the estate to offer the best.
The domain's short story
"Domaine Mandourelle is located in the heart of the Corbières, in the place called Mandourelle in Villesèque des Corbières. My family and I fell in love with this region, its landscapes and especially its wines. We then looked for a historical estate with strong potential and we chose Domaine Mandourelle. It is isolated, only one small road passes by us. The terroirs are protected and preserved. The work in the vineyard as well as in the cellar is very rigorous, our plot selections are drastic, our yields are very low, our harvests are manual, and the results obtained are of high quality. It is a wonderful adventure that began in 2013 and was made possible thanks to the entire Mandourelle team that surrounds us.
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