Domain Touraize

La Touraize was the named-place that already belonged to my family in 1704. It was my grandfather’s last vineyard with which my father began his career as a winegrower.

In 1985, I decided to join my father and like him, I joined the cooperative. I started out with 30 acres of vineyards and the estate has since thrived; I now have 15 ha. In 2009, I decided to leave the cooperative and take the fate of my grapes into my own hands, from the vineyard to the bottle. I sold three ha of vineyards to fund part of my project, including the construction of a vat room in 2011, a cellar in 2014, and a tasting area in spring 2015. In 2016, my wife Héléana, quit her job as a nurse and joined the estate.