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Hailing from a family of winemakers, settled in Saint Laurent des Arbres, on the other side of the Rhône, Bernard Duseigneur took charge of the Domaine in 2002. After an investment banker experience in the City, he reconnected with my Mediterranean roots by continuing his father’s and brother’s work, Jean and Frédéric, before pitching his tent on the left bank of the Rhône in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Contrary to popular belief, the terroir of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is not exclusively made of big orange pebbles. There is a wide variety of soils: Red clays, limestone pebbles, sandstone sands of marine origin or deeper loams from the banks of the Rhone. Owning a great terroir is important but not sufficient to producing great wines. In order to achieve this, Bernard and his team enhance the vitality of the soil by favoring a flora and a fauna that mobilise the trace elements and allow the symbiosis between the plant and the soil.

Enriching the vitality of the soil aims at respecting the natural elements, maintaining the organic integrity of the terroir while expressing its potential in every vintage."Seizing the opportunity that nature gives us; that is the essence of biodynamics for me" says Bernard.