La Bastide Saint Dominique is a forward-thinking winery from the southern Rhône, making quality wines that rank among the best of the region. They have been organically certified since 2014. La Bastide Saint Dominique has several vineyards and is entitled to make wines under various appellations, such as Côtes du Rhône Villages and Châteauneuf-du-Pape. All grapes are hand-picked and quality-sorted twice. The wines are made in a modern style and win plenty of awards internationally.
La Bastide Saint Dominique was founded by Marie-Claude and Gérard Bonnet. They started a winery around a 16th-century chapel at the foot of the hill of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, with a handful of hectares of vineyard and the ambition to make great quality wines. Today their son Eric Bonnet runs the estate, and much has changed. The cellars are filled with state-of-the-art equipment. The vineyards have expanded to 50 hectares, spread across the southern Rhône. This allows the estate to carry various appellations, such as Côtes du Rhône Villages, Cairanne (the most recent appellation in the Rhône) and Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
But the most important change Eric Bonnet introduced is organic farming. He has worked this way since the 2011 harvest, and in 2014 the estate was certified organic by the French Agriculture Biologique. Organic farming is feasible in this region thanks to the mistral wind, which blows in from the Mediterranean and keeps the vineyards dry. But for Eric it is more a matter of principle.
The soil of La Bastide Saint Dominique's vineyards contains limestone, red clay (typical of Châteauneuf-du-Pape) and plenty of pebbles. The estate grows grape varieties typical of the southern Rhône: Syrah and Grenache as the flagships, along with Cinsault, Mourvèdre, Carignan, Roussanne, Viognier and Clairette.
All grapes are hand-picked and sorted twice - first at picking itself, and again on arrival at the estate. They are then destemmed and fermented separately by grape variety. After that comes 'the art of winemaking': blending the different wines into one great cuvée. It works out rather well, since La Bastide Saint Dominique's wines are exported to several countries and have regularly won awards, including in the Netherlands. We currently have two wines from La Bastide Saint Dominique in our range. You can view all our wines from La Bastide Saint Dominique here.
If you want to know more about this winery, here you will find the link to the website of La Bastide Saint Dominique.
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