'I don’t think I make wine that only falls into this category; we make wine that’s almost like a medication.
These wines do you good. Sometimes if I’m not feeling well, I’ll tell myself to go choose something from the cellar'.
Patrick has vines spread out around several communes, and his oldest vines are 120 years old. He has preserved many old grape varietals in his parcels, such as Limberger, Mirefleurien, and multiple varieties of Gamay. Veritable antidotes to standardisation, these parcels co-planted with different grapes bring richness and complexity. The soil in Patrick’s vineyards is heavily basaltic thanks to the chain of extinct volcanoes, the Puy de Dôme at its heart, which form the backbone of the region. Patrick’s vineyards are mainly planted with old Gamay d’Auvergne (a smaller berried, thicker skinned variety than its Beaujolais cousin), a little Chardonnay and some Pinot Noir. Patrick produces tiny amounts of wine.
He uses no chemical products, no sulphur, even at bottling.
