Domaine de Saint Pierre Winery

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“Although built at the beginning of the 19th century, it wasn’t until 1896 that my ancestor Charles Bonnaventure, a wine merchant from Sète, decided to buy the Saint-Pierre estate. For over one hundred years, five generations of this read more...family have worked at improving, modernising and developing the wine production ‘between sky and the sea’. In 1938 his eldest son, Charles, already working with several employees, took on a young 20year old girl called Isabelle.

She still works there to this day and, at over eighty years old, still comes to prune the vines and give a helping hand during the wine harvest. Her faith and devotion have ensured the success of the estate.



She tells with pride the story of how my great-grandfather decided to pay her the same wages as a man - quite unheard of in those times of sexual discrimination.

The second world war meant that in 1944 the estate was evacuated, the land mined and abandoned, the cellars left to deteriorate and the house occupied. In March 1946 my grandfather, Frank Viala, husband of Charlie’s daughter, took up the business again. He rebuilt the cellars, and started replanting the vines. The first harvest produced only 200 hectolitres of wine. He inherited his passion for winemaking from his father, Pierre Vialla, who saved the French vines, which had been decimated by phylloxera in the first quarter of the century, by introducing a graft from America resistant to the illness. When Frank died in 1951, his wife Angèle decided to keep on the estate helped by the staff, Isabelle and the manager, Pierre Mascon.

At this time the production gave a high yield of cheap table wine sold in bulk to wholesalers. The revenue was quite modest and slumps in sales were becoming more and more frequent.

In 1969 my parents moved to Saint-Pierre and my father took over the reins of the business. He continued replanting the vines and undertook work on the wine storehouse to improve the quality and to develop opportunities created through tourism by selling the wine directly to the consumers.

In 1975 a stall was set up at the entrance to the estate. Thanks to the great improvement in the quality of the wines, with help from an oenologist, a large part of the annual production is sold through this stall.

Twenty-three years have now passed since I took over running the estate representing the fifth generation of my family to do so.”    (hide)

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po54 wrote in the forum topic: Chateauneuf-du-pape recommendations

August 2009

po54

Here is another selection of Côtes du Rhône wines with nice prices: - Domaine Gramenon - 2008 Les Laurentides red Syrah-Grenache (organic vineyards) (Parker loves it) Price around 8 euros - Côtes du Rhône Sablet, go to...

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Gregory Dal Piaz wrote in the forum topic: Chateauneuf-du-pape recommendations

August 2009

Gregory Dal Piaz

Ok here goes, I'll be breif since the list is fairly long, but I'll make it longer at the end! --Bosquets des Papes - I like, traditional and not tarted up, not great but very typical --Clos des Papes - Changed a lot,...

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dmcker wrote in the forum topic: Chateauneuf-du-pape recommendations

August 2009

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Tasted at the end of spring/beginning of summer a 2007 Domaine Durieu Chateauneuf du Pape "Cuvee Lucille Avril". Got a couple bottles for a little bit north of $40. Deep purple color, even opaque, lots of dark berries,...

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talock reviewed Domaine St. Pierre Vacqueyras 2005:

May 2009

talock

clove, dark plum, a bit of leather, some anise, full bodied decanted for 1 hour, still wasn't fully open for another half hour or so...

Domaine St. Pierre Vacqueyras 2005

Starting at $23^.47 Snoothrank: 3.5/5

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colinrchorley reviewed Caves Saint-Pierre Chateauneuf-du-Pape Preference 2004:

November 2008

colinrchorley

Too much sourness and almost gritty and industrial, not enough flavour for me.

Caves Saint-Pierre Chateauneuf-du-Pape Preference 2004

Starting at $21^.71 Snoothrank: 2.5/5

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JIKvig reviewed Caves Saint-Pierre Preference Cotes-du-Rhone 2007:

June 2008

JIKvig

A good representative for Rhône whites. Alot of alcohol, both in smell and taste. Got some green apple also on the nose. This is a cheap and good wine, well worth seeking out if you want to try a white Rhône wine.

Caves Saint-Pierre Preference Cotes-du-Rhone 2007

Snoothrank: 3/5

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trsgeberly reviewed Caves Saint-Pierre Preference Plan de Dieu 2005:

May 2008

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Caves Saint-Pierre Preference Plan de Dieu 2005

Starting at $78^.95 Snoothrank: 3.5/5

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babelchronique reviewed Jaboulet Domaine St. Pierre Cornas 1999:

October 2007

babelchronique

this a small appelation, near St Joseph and Côtes-Roties, and the wine is surprising; strong and deep, but not violent and rude. It's a wine witch is well worth tasting !

Jaboulet Domaine St. Pierre Cornas 1999

Starting at $90^.99 Snoothrank: 4/5

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Matthieu reviewed Chateau St. Pierre Saint Julien 2005:

September 2007

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Chateau St. Pierre Saint Julien 2005

Starting at $54^.00 Snoothrank: 3/5

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