Fabrice Dodane | Domaine de Saint Pierre - Chateau Renard 2020

Domaine de Saint Pierre is one of the less progressive wineries in the Jura region. The current owner, Fabrice Dodane, has been in charge of it since 1999. Since 2000, he has gradually converted all the vineyards to organic farming and currently works according to biodynamic principles. In 2011, he managed to buy the entire Domaine and became the sole owner. Since then, the quality of the wines from Domaine de Saint Pierre has been rising steeply. The friendship and collaboration with Jean-Francois Ganevat and Emmanuel Houillon is reflected in the purity and harmony of all his wines, while at the same time the wines retain their unmistakable character. All wines are produced without the use of chemicals, are not clarified, filtered and are bottled without the use of sulfur.

After three disastrous years, when Fabrice Dodane lost up to 85% of his production due to severe spring frosts and summer storms, he decided to cooperate with his neighbors from the Jura and friends from Beaujolais and the northern Rhône. He buys a small portion of the grapes from them and then produces the wines in his cellar in Mathenay. All of these wines, like the wines from the domain, are grown organically and produced without chemicals, clarification, filtration, or added sulfur.

second from the left Fabrice Dodane, to his left Philippe Bornard, la Dive Boutellie, 2.2.2020