Domaine Vincent & Alexandre Cluzel

Domaine Vincent & Alexandre Cluzel

【A treasure of the Rhône, born of family ties and shared passion】

Vincent Cluzel took his BTS in viticulture and oenology in 2002, then learned his craft and gathered experience among the vines of Condrieu.

In 2004 he set up his own domaine, renting parcels around Chavanay and beginning to farm them himself.

The estate now runs to 10 hectares. Its first vintage, in 2013, produced Condrieu, Saint-Joseph and Côte-Rôtie.

In 2017 his younger brother Alexandre Cluzel joined him.

Alexandre also holds a BTS in viticulture and oenology. After a range of experience in Burgundy, the Jura and the Rhône, he came to the domaine in September 2013 for his first harvest and vinification here.

In 2015 he spent five months in McLaren Vale in Australia, close to the famous Barossa Valley and the city of Adelaide, to learn other approaches to vinifying Syrah and a different culture of vineyard management.

He returned from that rewarding stint and formally joined the domaine in 2017, founding EARL Vincent et Alexandre Cluzel together with his brother.

Now two passionate growers working side by side, they set about making a very special Côte-Rôtie that same year.

Every wine is made solely from estate-grown fruit, picked by hand.

The vineyards lie on very steep slopes, so most of the work is done by hand — on some parcels machinery is simply impossible.

Leaves are carefully removed to improve fruit quality and let air circulate around the bunches.

Yields are controlled by green harvesting to encourage even ripening. Treatments are adapted to the weather and kept to the fewest possible.

In the cellar, additions are avoided wherever they can be, and fermentation is carried out with wild yeasts.