Domaine du Chêne

 

Region: Rhône, Northern

 

Place: Chavanay

In 1985, Dominique and Marc Rouvière bought a property of 5.5 hectares in Chavanay near Condrieu. They had to do everything.  They started by repairing the cave which was situated in the middle of the vineyard.  Then they worked on the vineyard, planting the vines, debudding, training the vines and finally harvesting.

Little by little, they developed their property, the buildings and increased the vineyards they owned.

Dominique and Marc now work a little more than 16 hectares of vines (average age of the vines being 35 years) and produce over twenty thousand bottles.  The cuvees include Condrieu, red and white Saint Joseph and a charming unclassified sparkling rosé wine made from Syrah.

Their ambition is to be able to continue for many years to produce wines of quality with the assistance of their two children Anaïs and Julien, currently learning viniculture.

Marc and Dominique Rouvière have some of the finest plots of land in and around Condrieu and they consistently win award after award.