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Domaine Pithon-Paillé (ex Pithon Paillé)

Un Voyage dans les Vignes Pithon-Paillé

Un Voyage dans les Vignes, it is above all the revival of the famous Jo Pithon and the Grololo trilogy that made its success.

Today, Un Voyage dans les Vignes offers a selection of the best wines from the Loire Valley. The Loire vineyard is on a tight leash, the team led by Damien Boudeau produces wines of demanding winemakers working in respect for their soil, their vines and the environment.

Damien Boudeau, oenologist, enthusiastically orchestrates the round of cuvées from the Tucauderie in Mouzillon. After obtaining his National Diploma of Winemaker in Champagne in 1999, he worked for 20 years at a family house in the Muscadet. What guides him: take the best of each wine to better reveal them!

The Pithon-Paillé estate in a nutshell

The Pithon-Paillé estate was created in 2008 under the leadership of the iconic Jo Pithon. The result of a vision born in 1996 around a somewhat crazy project: taking five years to overcome brambles and replant 3 hectares of chenin. In order to (re)live the mythical hillside of Treilles, his life’s work.

The estate cultivates 13 hectares using organic farming methods. The majority of the vines are Chenin, used for producing white wines. Only 2 hectares are dedicated to the region’s red grape varieties. The vineyards are located in various localities:

  • Saint-Lambert du Lattay (Bonnes Blanches)
  • Saint-Aubin de Luigné (La Fresnaye)
  • Beaulieu-sur-Layon (Coteau des Treilles)
  • Rochefort-sur-Loire (Quarts de Chaume)
  • Savennières

The wines are aged in barrels and wooden vats for between 10 and 18 months, depending on the vintage.

A new chapter begins

Since 2018, to everyone’s surprise, the Pithon-Paillé estate has passed into the hands of Ivan Massonnat. Neither their son Jules nor Joseph, who has moved to the south with his wife Wendy, has taken over the estate. The new owner, a Parisian financier and wine lover with a passion for the terroir of the Coteau de Treilles, wishes to carry on in the same spirit. He is, moreover, supported by Jo Pithon, who continues to advise on vineyard management and winemaking. The estate is now called Belargus, with its primary ambition being the transition to biodynamic farming. To be continued…

A few photos of the Pithon-Paillé estate

Pithon-Paillé
Pithon-Paillé
Pithon-Paillé

(Source : Un Voyage dans les Vignes : vins de Loire fiers et exigeants)

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