Wines and winegrowers from south of France
Before being the names of great domains, Chateau Bouscassé et Chateau Montus are the work of one man: Alain Brumont. Certainly one of the most creative winegrowers in Occitanie, Alain Brumont is also the ambassador of a very great wine to which he has conferred all its nobility: the Madiran.
Au Aydie Castle en Madiran the wines are built and claimed as a signature steeped in history and know-how: that of Laplace family.
In Viella, in the Madiran vineyard, the Château du Pouey enjoys one of the most favorable terroir. Bastien Lannusse, a talented young winegrower, vinifies there under three appellations: Pacherenc-du-Vic-Bilh, Madiran and Côtes de Gascogne.
Operating 60 hectares of vines under the High Environmental Value label, the Domaine des Cassagnoles was a pioneer of Côtes de Gascogne varietal wines and continues the traditional production of Armagnac and Floc de Gascogne.
Made from the Tannat grape, Madiran has long been considered a rustic wine intended to improve Bordeaux. It was under the inspired influence of its first ambassador, Alain Brumont, that it won its letters of nobility. Today, Madiran wine is to be considered as one of the jewels of Occitanie wines.
The virtue of a winegrower is measured by his notoriety as much as by the fruits of the work accomplished throughout his life. Because vinification is a difficult art that takes place in perpetual negotiation where the generosity of nature and the whims of the seasons are constantly opposed. The 2017 Primeurs tasting recently organized in Bordeaux Continue reading of “Vignobles Brumont - Primeurs 2017”