Condrieu Imagine

Domaine Barou

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Type

White Wine

Appellation

Condrieu

Variety

100% Viognier

Open nose with citrus and soft woody notes. Beautiful roundness and persistence on the mid-palate and finish.

Viticulture

Soil type

There are two types of soil, a deep alluvial and clay-loamy soil in the lieux-dits “Fontailloux” and granitic and stony soil in lieu-dit “Côte de Font Sivet”.

Vineyard size1ha

ExpositionEast

Vinification

The grapes are harvested by hand. Then the vinification starts by skin maceration that lasts between 10 and 12 hours.

ElevageThen the wine is aged during 9 months in oak barrels (10% of new barrels).

Harvest typeHand Harvested

More about
the producer

Domaine Barou

Founded in 1971

10 hectares

Emmanuel Barou's grandfather established the family farm outside Charnas, in a remote area of the Ardèche in 1928. His goal was to create a self-sustaining farm, where the family could grow all of their own produce and raise their own animals, then sell off whatever excess they had. Later, Emmanuel's father Alexis took over the farm and continued to raise dairy cows, tend peach and apricot orchards, and grow grapes. In 1971, Alexis took the risk of a total conversion to organic farming. At the time, a market for organic produce did not exist in France, so until 1983, he continued to sell his organic produce to conventional wholesalers (and at conventional prices) despite much lower yields!

In 1997, after studying viticulture and oenology in Orange and Avignon, Emmanuel too...