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NATURAL WINES BY DOMAINE HOUILLON
Domaine Houillon is Aurélien Houillon and his partner Charlotte in Faucon, in the Vaucluse. Aurélien is the brother of Emmanuel Houillon of Maison Pierre Overnoy in the Jura, where he worked for years before heading south. In 2017 they took on a 9-hectare property with semi-abandoned vines, around 4 hectares now in production, mostly Grenache of 50 years and older, plus Syrah and a little Cinsault. The vines are worked with Victoire, a draught horse, and Castor, a donkey.
Grapes are destemmed by hand and fermented semi-carbonically in stainless steel for around ten weeks, then aged in steel or old barrels, with nothing added. Vieilles Vignes is pure old-vine Grenache, Canne blends Grenache with Syrah, and Indigo is mostly Syrah. Look out too for Tourmaline, a rosé aged under a veil of yeast the Jura way. Deep, structured wines that keep their freshness and age well.
