Domaine La Durbane

Information

Description

I am Florence, grown up in Caderousse, a small village next to the Rhône river, 10km away from Châteauneuf du Pape. As a child, there were always great wines on the dinner table for family meals. And most important, a dad passionate about wine, who made his dream come true in 1999 by buying two plots of vines in AOC Châteauneuf du Pape and Côtes du Rhône. When i turned 18, I left home to study Chemistry at the university, saying "I'll come back someday". In the meantime, I met my husband Thomas, and we have worked 7 years in Switzerland in the pharmaceutical industry. As we felt the "call of Terroir", we decided in 2019 to let go this future that was all planned out to go back to my region of origin and take the family estate over. Today, La Durbane is represents 14,5 ha of vines in production, of which 7,5 ha on the AOC Châteauneuf du Pape, 3ha on the AOC Côtes du Rhône and 4ha of Vin de France vines. Thomas is German, and we have lived in Switzerland 7 years : influenced by these cultures, we feel a lot concerned about global warming and climate change. It was an evidence for us to start a conversion to organic farming as soon as we took the estate over. We have been certified by Ecocert from vintage 2023. For us, reducing our impact on the environment must be taken care of on all levels : it is not enough to only stop using synthetic crop-protecion products, we need to do more. Our actions: planting melliferous plants on fallow lands to favour pollinating insects, selection of local tree varieties to plant hedges, who play the role of host for biodiversity, organisation of vineyard tasks in order to reduce tractor use etc.

Appellation

Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOP

Région viticole

Vallée du Rhône

Country

France

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Production mode

Year of certification

2024

Quality approach

None

Packaging

Glass bottle

Product type

Still wine

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Distribution networks

Current customer(s) type

Café / Hotel / Restaurant

Caviste

Courtier / Agent commercial

Détaillant

Importateur

Sommelier

Current countries

Allemagne

Belgique

Danemark

France

Italie

Lituanie

Pays-Bas

Royaume-Uni

République de Corée

Singapour

Suède

États-Unis

Type of target customer(s)

Cafe / Hotel / Restaurant

Wine merchant

Broker / Commercial agent

Retailer

Importer

Sommelier

Target country(ies)

Germany

Canada

Spain

France

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Monaco

Norway

Swiss

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Website

Visit the SARL Martine et Jean-Louis GIORNAL website

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Main contact

First name

Florence

Name

Wesch

Function

General Manager