Domaine Des Frères - Marie et Valentin Bruneau
My name is Valentin, I grew up in a small village near Chinon. My parents had a car garage there. They encouraged me to study. I worked in the office, and it was... clearly not for me!
For the love of life and wine, in 2016, with Marie, we decided to change course. We were thirsty for a professional and family project in our image, more authentic and more lively. With a 1-year-old child under our arm, we move several times and take the time to train ourselves.
In 2019, we are settling in the Véron (a small valley at the confluence of the Loire and the Vienne). There are 7 plots with soils with a strong identity (different basements, different exposures). This results in 7 cuvées. We observe with passion our grape variety expressing itself differently according to the terroirs.
To express the typicality of the soils, we seek to promote life at each stage:
Soil: we mainly work with quads to limit compaction (only 3 to 4 tractor passes per year). AB certified.
Plant: we trim little (0 to 1 passage / year against 3-4 in a classic field). We thus preserve a maximum of leaves, favoring photosynthesis and the aromatic complexity of the grapes.
Fruit: we harvest by hand and make sure to bring in cold grapes to be able to vinify naturally (in 2020 we had to harvest from 4 to 11 a.m. with a headlamp!).
Wine: vinification with indigenous yeasts. We work to produce lively, artisanal and precise wines, with the typicality of our terroir.
We work on a piecemeal basis. Each cuvée has the name of the locality: Le Pérou, Les Moulins de Beau Puy, Les Picasses, etc.
Our Reds are 100% Cabernet Franc, our White 100% Chenin.