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Domain: Domaine des Miquettes

This new domain was established in 2003 in Cheminas, a small village on the plateau above Tournon, in the south of the Saint-Joseph appellation. Its founders, Paul Estève and Chrystelle Vareille, cultivate 3 hectares of Saint-Joseph wines and 1.3 hectares of Syrah and Viognier for Vin de Pays. Their approach to both growing and winemaking is meticulous. The soil is turned either by a horse, with a hand-guided plough and winch or by mattock, and the vines are protected and strengthened with the help of plants and clay. The wines are produced as naturally as possible. Grapes are fermented with indigenous yeasts, temperatures are altered very little and there is no filtering or fining to allow the wines to fully express their terroir