Meet the producers: Antoine and Laurence Joly
After deciding that studying city water waste management wasn’t for him, Antoine took over from his dad Pierre in 1998. Shortly joined by his wife Laurence they began making and bottling their own wine. Organic since the 1970’s Pierre had used to sell grapes his grapes to the local co-op. Vineyards are planted with Grenache and Syrah. Very intense vineyard work allows for early harvest, resulting in less-concentrated and lower-alcohol wines. They hand-harvest their 18 hectares of vines, don’t use synthetic yeasts, and don’t fine or filter.
La Roche Buissière
DOMAINE
La Roche Buissière
WINEMAKER
Antoine and Laurence Joly
VINEYARD
18ha, organic (certified)
BOTTLES PRODUCED
60,000
COUNTRY, REGION, SUBREGION
France, Southern Rhône, Vaison-la-Romaine
After deciding that studying city water waste management wasn’t for him, Antoine took over from his dad Pierre in 1998. Shortly joined by his wife Laurence they began vinifying and bottling their own wine.
Organic since the 1970’s Pierre had used to sell grapes his grapes to the local co-op.
Vineyards are planted with Grenache and Syrah. Very intense vineyard work allows for early harvest, resulting in less-concentrated and lower-alcohol wines.
They hand-harvest, don’t use synthetic yeasts, and don’t fine or filter.
WINES
RED
The lightest of the Roche B family, Jeanne is always a very short maceration, the free-run juice is bled twice at 24 hour intervals, and on the third day it's pressed gently. Bright, bouncy and fresh, almost like a deep rosé with good structure, super versatile and enjoyable.
Style: Still
Producer: La Roche Buissière
Country: France
Region: Côtes du Rhône
Grapes: Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah
ABV: 12.5
Sulphur: less than 20mg/l added