DOMAINE DE BROUSSE

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Description

Amandine is a free-spirited urban skater, but her soul is in the vines. After 15 years in Paris, she returned to the family vineyard to express her creativity in supple, spicy signature wines. Amandine Boissel is the 4th generation at Domaine de Brousse. At first, she didn’t want to work at the estate. “It’s an opportunity to grow up on a vineyard, but it can be a burden too. We never had any weekends or holidays when I was a child. My parents were always working and worrying about the weather. I didn’t want to live like that.” But after 15 years in Paris, she decided to come home, on the condition they the estate went organic: “We’ve been certified since 2019. It took 3 years. It just meant growing grapes without any artificial chemicals, no herbicides or pesticides. It didn’t change anything in the winery. We’ve always made wines using indigenous yeasts and very little sulfites, quite simply, like my grandfather.”

The vines are planted on the first slopes of the Cordes Plateau in the heart of the Gaillac AOC. The grape varieties are all mixed up together in the plots, and surrounded by other crops: “I love it because the vines are not alone. We need this diversity. There have always been lots of vines here, but when my parents arrived 40 years ago, there were more crops and only 2 or 3 hectares of vines. My grandfather had to uproot them during the war but my parents replanted them, the local varieties: Duras, Braucol, Mauzac and Loin de L’oeil.” Today, Amandine works 10 hectares of vines, always accompanied by her dog Johnny: “He’s my little shadow, he follows me everywhere, jumping from the quad to the tractor, always ready to attack the new day. Every morning, he pushes me outside, into the vines, his favourite playground. He makes the days shorter when I’m alone in the vines . I watch him sniff the soils, run between the rows and taking a break with me. He makes me appreciate the moment, the chance I have to be here.”

Appellation

Gaillac AOP

Région viticole

Sud-Ouest

Country

France

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Production mode

Year of certification

2024

Quality approach

None

Packaging

Glass bottle

Product type

Sparkling wine

Still wine

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Distribution networks

Current customer(s) type

Café / Hotel / Restaurant

Caviste

Courtier / Agent commercial

Détaillant

Détaillant Bio

Exportateur

Grossiste

Importateur

Sommelier

Current countries

France

Type of target customer(s)

Cafe / Hotel / Restaurant

Wine merchant

Broker / Commercial agent

Organic Retailer

Exporter

Wholesaler

Importer

Sommelier

Target country(ies)

Germany

Belgium

Canada

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Hong Kong

Japan

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

Suede

UNITED STATES

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Website

Visit the EARL DOMAINE DE BROUSSE website

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Main contact

First name

AMANDINE

Name

BOISSEL