Vignoble Réveille

The Domaine Réveille cultivates 8.6 ha of vines, in a garrigue environment, on the soils of the Haute Vallée de l'Agly in Roussillon. The
soils, mainly granite and gneiss, the heat, the scarcity of water, the tramontane give extreme conditions that induce adapted interventions and
small yields.
Organic farming is the starting point of our viticulture. Any other practice, in particular biodynamics, but not only, opens us to more precise or global approaches, more
sensitive.

Domaine Réveille offers southern wines, made from grapes picked at maturity. A tailor-made vinification is carried out gently, in the course of the vintage, without inputs. The wines are "aged" in concrete vats between 9 and 18 months, depending on the evolution, tenderness and vibration that appears. Each year, the new vintages stand out for their freshness and Mediterranean character in mono-varietal (PGI) and blending (PDO).

Our story

Like any region, Roussillon offers different soils and exposures, multiple human histories. Local winegrowers have often given up working the vines because the cooperative system does not encourage them to produce quality grapes with sufficient value for this quality.

From this situation, a lot of plots are sold or torn away. In 2006, I took over vines in place, mainly old vines and local varieties. My choice was made for semi-altitude terroirs with the objective of producing fresh southern wines. I was convinced by the potential of the terroirs, admiring the quality of the wines produced by the "new winegrowers" in this region. I was totally seduced by the beauty of nature, which remained wild. In Cassagnes, a village in the Upper Agly Valley, I was able to find old carignan on gneiss facing the Corbières. I also found the tranquility of the back country where I settled.

I set up my small vineyard to better understand how wine is made. I quickly understood that wine is made in vines and I am more and more passionate about working the land. The annual cycle involves us in the production of grapes, the agronomic approach takes us much further, especially through the practice of organic dynamism. Obviously, working the land can only be conceived in organic farming as a minimal approach.