Domaine Gourt de Mautens, Jerome Bressy

Gourt de Moutens is founded by Jerome Bressy in 1996, yet Jerome’s father, Yves Bressy, had been growing grapes for several decades before that and selling to the local co-operative. Yves even took the important decision to convert the vineyards to organic farming in 1989. In 2008 Jerome then completed conversion of the vineyards to biodynamic farming, with certification from Biodyvin.

The vines are ancient, with many over 80 years old, and the variety of vines planted is extraordinary. Local rarities like Counoise, Muscardin, and Vaccarese, are co-planted – for the maximum biodiversity, as Jerome puts it – with more widely grown Syrah, Carignan, and Mourvedre. When the Rasteau appellation was created in 2010, and a strict ruleset on which grape varieties could be planted in the Rasteau vineyards introduced, Jerome decided to leave the appellation and sell his wines as IGP Vaucluse, rather than reduce the biodiversity of his vineyards, as he puts it.

The wines have incredible purity, concentration, and sense of place, and are indeed amongst the finest of the southern Rhone.

We offer the following Rasteau (Vaucluse) from Domaine Gourt de Mautens, Jerome Bressy:

• Domaine Gourt de Mautens, Jerome Bressy