Anecdotes about the domain
My earliest wine-related memory? I must have been 5 years old, and my father was giving a tasting to a bus of Belgian tourists. He asked me to empty the glasses but when there was a bottom left, I dipped my lips in it... To tell the truth, I could name hundreds of wine-related memories! Being a family estate, I always do the harvest with my sister, my wife... If one had to describe me in one word, I would say that I am a "terrien": I like to be in my vineyards every day, to see them evolve with the seasons... Naturally very solitary, I am in my land and I feel good there. I particularly like the Doucinello vintage. It is a fresh, mineral wine, for which we have drawn everything we need from the soil!
The domain's short story
I took over my father's estate in 2015, although he is still there to support me because, as is well known, when the vine becomes a passion, it never leaves us! Created in 1939, Serge Férigoule arrived at the estate in the 1980s. At that time, the trend was to make volume at all costs. A pioneer without knowing it, he works according to organic and biodynamic cultivation methods with the ambition of selling his wines in bottles rather than in bulk. Not seeking recognition but rather independence, he only had his wines labelled in 2008, although he had not used pesticides since the 1990s. Today, I am writing the history of the estate in turn and striving to produce fresh wines, although we are experiencing more and more periods of drought in the Rhône Valley. It is a long-term task since I intend to develop the secondary varieties of the appellation to perpetuate the quality of our wines and continue to serve light nectars with a beautiful acid structure.
The winemaker's pride
Facing the Dentelles de Montmirail, Frédéri Férigoule cultivates 17 hectares of vines in the Vacqueyras appellation on a magnificent terroir of rolled pebbles. Certified organic and biodynamic, the Sang des Cailloux wines are recognized for their high maturity and richness. A strict control of the yields and a state of mind more than avant-gardist confer to this domain a reputation of precursors which did not cease being confirmed with the passing of years.
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