Domaine du Trapadis

The history of the domaine dates to 1850 and the word trapadis is derived from ‘trapalas’ meaning ‘hole’ in Provençal, a reference to an important underground cave and natural spring in the village of Rasteau.

Following the path of his two great-grandfathers, Helen Durand bottled his first wine at the young age of 16 and has had complete control of the domaine since 1996. Over the past few years Helen’s winemaking style has undergone a significant change with lower intervention and gentler extraction, seeking greater freshness and terroir definition in his wines.