Pierre Gauthier’s great grandfather started in 1880 with a small farm. After a few years he managed to purchase some land suitable for the vine that he planted following the phylloxera outbreak. Finally in the 1970’s the family stopped their farming activity to focus solely on winemaking.

Nowadays Pierre works with his son Rodolphe and daughter Sophie. The domaine has 18 hectares of cabernet franc mostly located in Benais and a bit in Restigné. All of their parcels have been organically farmed for over 20 years and certified since 2000.

The domaine produces both “vin de soif” that you should be drunk young and deep, terroir-driven wines that have excellent aging potential.

Once the grapes have been picked they are de-stemmed and sorted. They then go into stainless steel vats to start the fermentation, which generally starts after a period of cold-soaking. Fermentation is a slow process that usually last 8 days for the “vin de soif” up to 30 days for the single-vineyard wines. Gauthier does few remontages for his “vin de soif” whereas for the other cuvee he does pigeage and remontage. The “vin de soif” is aged on lies in stainless steel vats and bottled in the following spring, whereas the “parcelaire cuvées” are aged on fine lees in old barrels and demi-muids for 24 month in a Tuffeau cellar. Finally the wine is bottled without any filtration.

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18 ha