Domaine La Roche Buissiere has been working in organic viticulture for 25 years. Pierre Joly started to work this way at the end of the seventies, mainly selling the grapes to the local cooperative in the village of Puymeras. It wasn’t until Pierre’s son, Antoine, returned from studying at Beaune that the Domaine started to produce it’s own label wine, the first vinification was in 2000. This could be the reason the modern looking labels! Pierre is now working with Antoine to bring all this experience together with Antoine’s knowledge to produce extremely natural wines that are such a joy to drink.

The vineyard is located in the area of Vaison-the-Roman, between Provence and the foot of the Alps. The soil benefits from where the argilo-limestones combine harmoniously with the freshness of the south facing slopes. The vineyard of 20 ha is planted with grenache, syrah, mourvedre, cinsault.

The natural fertility of the soil is supported by an organic contribution of humus and compost to preserve the potential of the grapes. The winemaking follows a natural process of using only naturally occurring yeasts, the temperature of the fermenting wine is controlled very carefully to maintain maximum extraction and concentration of flavours.

The wines are then bottled with very low levels of sulphites, but without the use of filtering or fining either by machine or animal product.

When I meet other natural winemakers and they ask who else I work with when I tell them they all know Pierre and Antoine and all give very high praise to their wines and the way that they make the wines.