Château Barouillet

Château Barouillet is a family-owned vineyard located in Pomport in the Dordogne, in the heart of the Monbazillac appellation south of Bergerac, just 30 miles east of Saint-Emilion. It covers 45 hectares spread over five plots. Since 2009, after working in numerous estates around the world, Vincent Alexis has been gradually converting the vineyard to organic farming and producing unadulterated, fruit-forward wines that embody the revival of the sector.

The Château Barouillet vineyard produces Monbazillac, Bergerac Rouge, Pécharmant, Côtes de Bergerac moelleux, and superb dry whites. Vincent Alexis advocates "peasant" agriculture through the very sparing use of treatment products in order to maintain the biological diversity of the wine-growing ecosystem and its surroundings. The cultivation methods used on the plots (grass cover, tillage, mowing) are adapted to the soil conditions and the weather conditions of the year in order to bring out the best of each vintage in our final wine.

The winemaking process at Château Barouillet is carried out in line with the work done in the vineyard, with every effort made to respect the raw material. Inputs are kept to a minimum and impeccable hygiene is maintained in the winery. Not using selected yeasts is a risk, but it also guarantees the typical characteristics and representativeness of the terroir that makes up the estate's AOCs.