Pierre Caizergues ∼ Antonin Bonnet
Pierre & Antonin began when both, from wine-making families in Languedoc, met by chance in a New York wine bar on July 4th, 2010 ! The ideas flowed – as did the wine!
They talked about the Midi, the Mediterranean, and the future of the Occitan South of France. Antonin, AOP Larzac, and Pierre, AOP Malepère, have viniculture in their blood.
While their grandfathers and fathers had to engage with the local traditional winemaking, Pierre & Antonin were now at liberty to create vibrant and rebellious wines from new resistant varietals which express their avant-garde vision.
Wines in their purest form!
They are crafting natural wines accessible to everyone, in an ethical and sustainable way, preserving biodiversity and reducing our impact on the environment. Changing the world one bottle at a time !
In 2022, they salvaged a family estate in the foothills of the Pyrenees, west of the city of Carcassonne, and planted their first 6 hectares of organic vines.
Resistant grape varieties ∼ the obvious way to go…
This new winegrowing area was a no-brainer for us. We have chosen to grow RESISTANT grape varieties to bring you natural, virtuous and eco-friendly wines. Resistant grape varieties require 10 times less treatment than organic - which means significant savings in energy, water and labour, as well as a much smaller carbon footprint.
Natural vinification ∼ wines of the future?
We were not dogmatic about it, but we decided to go for natural vinification. Since the organic grapes are so healthy and pure, we decided to vinify them with indigenous yeasts and not to add any additives or sulphites during the whole process.
Eco-designed packaging ∼ bye-bye aluminium!
We print our labels on paper made from alternative fibres, we have chosen lightweight bottles made in Albi, less than 80 km from the vineyards, corks from the Roussillon region and a wax seal instead of industrial aluminium capsules.
Nature under threat ∼ another year, another hive!
Every year we install a new beehive on the Domaine de Stricou estate. We are working to protect the bees, the most emblematic link in the chain of biodiversity, which are responsible for a large part of the pollination on the domaine.
A newborn winegrower ∼ a proud négociant.
We plan and blend each of our wines in the heart of the Languedoc region in order to bring out and showcase the terroirs of the South of France that we love so much. After all these years spent on Planet Wine, our vision is an ecological, humanist and planet-positive one. We work with winegrowers whom we know, respect and admire. We create tomorrow’s wines with complete transparency.
Blends from two skillful sets of hands ∼ tomorrow’s
wine
The art of blending different cuvées of wines vinified separately, either by grape variety or by terroir, requires real expertise. It involves blending and combining the different cuvées and adjusting their proportions to best complement each other. The freshness of one grape variety will balance the power of another, or the concentration of one cuvée will be softened by the elegance of another. The key is to look ahead and anticipate what the years might bring while respecting the particular characteristics of each vintage, grape variety and terroir. It is during this delicate phase that the wine finds its own identity. This is PIERRE & ANTONIN's hallmark signature.
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