Domaine Binet Jaquet
I had not seen Pierre Jaquet since I was researching The Wines of Faugères, so an update was well over due. Pierre has left his cramped cellar in the heart of the village of Faugères and is now working in new premises up a hill behind the village. The new cellar was finished for the 2021 harvest. He reminded me how the estate had evolved. With his partner Olivier Binet, they planted their first vines in 2001 - just 2.5 hectares - with Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre, obtaining the cuttings from Priorat in Spain, and the Syrah from the northern Rhone, with a density of 6200 vines per hectare. Then in 2007 they planted a further 4 hectares and also bought some old Carignan vines, so that they now have a total of nine hectares in 17 plots, with numerous small ilots , as Pierre described them. The Carignan vines are 80 and 100 years old. The vineyards already had hedges or they have planted hedges and also created a...
