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Turenne (Domaine)
La propriété viticole familiale du début du 20è siècle va connaître des évolutions à partir de l’arrivée de Philippe Bénézet en 1990. Profondément ancré dans le sud et amoureux de ces paysages varois, il décide de se consacrer à cette vigne avec à l’esprit le souhait de maîtriser le processus de vinification de bout en bout. Chose faite en 1994, date de création de la cave.
Le Domaine Turenne est volontairement resté à taille humaine. Il compte aujourd’hui 20ha plantés des principaux cépages des Côtes-de-Provence : Mourvèdre, Syrah, Carignan, Grenache, Cinsault, Petite Clairette du Var et Rolle (Vermentino).
Plus de la moitié de ces vignes datent des années 60-70. Certaines sont bien plus anciennes, comme cette Petite Clairette du Var, cépage autochtone, qui date de 1903 et que Philippe et Cécile Bénézet considèrent avec beaucoup d’égards. D’autres ont été plus récemment plantés, permettant ainsi d’ajuster la production à la demande.
Alors que les nouvelles pratiques engagent les vignerons à renouveler les plans tous les 20 ans, au Domaine Turenne, on préfère accorder à la vigne le temps nécessaire pour bien établir son système racinaire et ainsi donner aux raisins la pleine expression de leur terroir. (Cela permet également d’éviter le recours systématique à l’irrigation.)
Ici, on ne pousse pas les rendements qui s’établissent en moyenne à 40 hecto/ha.
What does the name organize mean?
This can be so diverse depending on the personality of their sire, that it is easier to define what it is not. An author wine is anything but a standard, stereotypical wine, made to please as many people as possible. It is therefore rarely produced in millions of copies, copying itself from vintage in vintage.
An author wine is therefore a wine that does not look like that of the neighbor. Which from year to year will evolve according to the vagaries of the weather and the mood of the author - the two that can be linked. Because the author does not rely on market studies to carry out his boat. He makes his wine as he feels, as he likes, as he can, sometimes ... and too bad if he does not please everyone.
This is why author wines are sometimes classified as "table wine" or "France wine". Because the winemaker did not plan the authorized grape variety*, makes the assembly or vinification recommended in the name **. He is often a bit rebellious, our author. But that is why we like it! ... That said, author's wines are not systematically marginal: they are present in most of the appellations, and can be part of the elite of these this***. Because they are not content to have personality: they are good, in addition! With in general aDegree of TorchabilityVery high: we never tire of it at the end of the first sip.
As author's wines are not chaptalized, levied, hacked ... They can have very different profiles depending on the vintage. It is up to us (resellers and consumers) to accept them as they are, and to remain faithful to the producers, because they need us to continue their activity.
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* For example, theTouriga Nacionalin the Minervois, or theSyrahIn Forez ribs. They are crazy, these authors!
** Some winegrowers dare to produceSweety with Mourvèdre or oneNatural sparkling with Pineau d'Aunis
*** Like those of Jean-François Ganevat in the Jura or Zind-Humbercht in Alsace
