For Frédéric, the love of wine came very early through a Burgundian grandfather who took him as a child to visit the cellars of the great estates. For Salma, it was rather the love of great spice wines, those of the big island where she was born, and whose treasures her brother Yoann imports to Geneva with gusto (Spices & Vanilla). After meeting in China and having traveled all over Asia for years for their professional activity, they settled more than twenty years ago in the Canton of Vaud, where they still work as lawyers. On random weekends, they discovered southern Burgundy, falling in love with Brionnais where they renovated an old agricultural estate, at a place called Le Bois Dieu. This has a few acres of old vines, lost in the middle of vast fattening meadows, rare heirs of a vineyard which had almost 4000 hectares before phylloxera. In this “land of white gold” with an unaltered environment, their meetings with Pierre Overnoy years earlier, a shared passion for wines without artifice which reflect the land from which they come, solid winegrower friendships in Burgundy and in the Loire, and very old Gamay vines (planted in 1936 and 1939) which just want to produce beautiful grapes, all this leads them to take the plunge and make wine without any input, as close as possible to the fruit and as naturally as possible. Without wine training, guided by their taste buds and the advice of their winegrower friends, Salma and Frédéric try to translate, on a very artisanal scale, the incredible beauty of a preserved terroir.

Visits and tastings at the estate are not possible, except for professionals and by appointment.

Information

Domain Name:
Le Bois Dieu
Winemaker's Name:
Salma Cassam Chenaï & Frédéric Thiry
Country:
France
Region:
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Appellations:
VDF
Farming:
Organic
Négoce wine:
yes
Grape varieties:
Carignan, Gamay, Gamaret, Chardonnay

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<p>Pour Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric, l&rsquo;amour du vin est venu tr&egrave;s t&ocirc;t par l&rsquo;interm&eacute;diaire d&rsquo;un grand-p&egrave;re bourguignon qui l&rsquo;emmenait enfant visiter les caves des grands domaines. Pour Salma, ce fut plut&ocirc;t l&rsquo;amour des grands crus d&rsquo;&eacute;pices, ceux de la grande &icirc;le qui l&rsquo;a vue na&icirc;tre, et dont son fr&egrave;re Yoann importe &agrave; Gen&egrave;ve les tr&eacute;sors avec brio (Spices &amp; Vanilla). Apr&egrave;s s&rsquo;&ecirc;tre rencontr&eacute;s en Chine, avoir parcouru pendant des ann&eacute;es l&rsquo;Asie dans tous les sens pour leur activit&eacute; professionnelle, ils s&rsquo;&eacute;tablissent il y a plus de vingt ans dans le Canton de Vaud, o&ugrave; ils travaillent toujours comme juristes. Au hasard des week ends, ils d&eacute;couvrent la Bourgogne du sud, tombent amoureux du Brionnais o&ugrave; ils r&eacute;novent un ancien domaine agricole, au lieu-dit Le Bois Dieu. Celui-ci compte quelques arpents de vieilles vignes, perdus au milieu de vastes prairies d&rsquo;embouche, rares h&eacute;ritiers d&rsquo;un vignoble qui comptait pr&egrave;s de 4000 hectares avant le phyllox&eacute;ra. Dans ce &laquo; pays de l&rsquo;or blanc &raquo; &agrave; l&rsquo;environnement inalt&eacute;r&eacute;, leurs rencontres avec Pierre Overnoy des ann&eacute;es plus t&ocirc;t, une passion partag&eacute;e pour les vins sans artifice qui refl&egrave;tent la terre dont ils sont issus, de solides amiti&eacute;s vigneronnes en Bourgogne et dans la Loire, et de tr&egrave;s vieux pieds de gamay (plant&eacute;s en 1936 et 1939) qui ne demandent qu&rsquo;&agrave; produire de beaux raisins, tout cela les m&egrave;nent &agrave; franchir le pas et &agrave; faire du vin sans aucun intrant, au plus pr&egrave;s du fruit et le plus naturellement possible. Sans formation viticole, guid&eacute;s par leurs papilles et les conseils de leurs amis vignerons, Salma et Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric tentent de traduire, &agrave; une &eacute;chelle des plus artisanales, l&rsquo;incroyable beaut&eacute; d&rsquo;un terroir pr&eacute;serv&eacute;.<br /><br />Les visites et d&eacute;gustations au domaine ne sont pas possibles, sauf pour les professionnels et sur rendez-vous.</p>

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