Vignoble Réveille

Domaine Réveille cultivates 8.6 hectares of vines in a garrigue environment on the terroirs of the Haute Vallée de l'Agly in Roussillon. The soils, mainly granite and gneiss, the heat, the scarcity of water and the tramontane, all extreme factors that generate small yields. Organic farming is the starting point of our viticulture. Other practices such as biodynamics open us up to more targeted and sensitive approaches. Domaine Réveille offers southern wines, made from grapes picked at maturity. A tailor-made vinification is carried out gently and without input. The wines are matured in concrete vats for between 9 and 18 months depending on the evolution, tenderness and vibration that appears. Each year, new vintages are produced with freshness and Mediterranean character, both as single-variety wines (IGP) and blends (AOP).

Our story

The Roussillon offers different soils and exposures but also incredible human stories. Local winegrowers have often given up working the vines because the cooperative system does not encourage the production of quality grapes. As a result, a lot of plots are sold or snatched up. In 2006, I took over old vines and local grape varieties. My choice was to grow on semi-altitude terroirs with the aim of producing fresh southern wines. I was convinced by the potential of the terroirs, admiring the quality of the wines produced by the "new winemakers" in this region. I was totally seduced by the beauty of nature, which has remained wild. In Cassagnes, a village in the Upper Agly Valley, I was able to find old Carignan vines on gneiss facing the Corbières. I also found the tranquillity of the hinterland where I settled. I set up my own small vineyard to better understand how wine is made. I quickly understood that wine is made in the vineyard and I became more and more passionate about working the land. The annual cycle engages us in the production of grapes, the agronomic approach takes us much further, particularly through the practice of biodynamics.