Domaine de l'Alezan

Location

Ardèche, France

Founded

est. 2013

Estate size

2.5 ha

Domaine de l'Alezan is a natural wine estate in the Northern Ardèche founded in 2013 by Patricia and Rémi Bonneton. The name comes from the chestnut coat color of their two Comtois draft mares, Suspens and Palynka, who are essential to working the vineyards. The couple cultivates 2.5 hectares of steep, non-mechanizable hillside parcels in Tournon-sur-Rhône and Étables, along the Doux Valley — a tributary of the Rhône descending from the Massif Central. All vineyard work is done by hand and on horseback, with no tractors on the property. In 2017 they launched La Tangente, a négociant label sourcing grapes from fellow natural vignerons across France.