Catherine et Pierre Breton
Bourgueil, Loire Valley, France
"We practice slow, soft and honest élevage to get the authenticity and the peculiarity of each cuvée." - The Bretons
Catherine and Pierre Breton own 17 hectare vineyards in Restigné, a village in Bourgueil. They are working with typical appellations: Chinon, Bourgueil and Vouvray, creating wines for all wine lovers, from direct consumption to long aging wines. Firstly, certified as an organic farm in 1991, they started to produce biodynamically in 1994. Internationally famous for their work on difficult soils (gravel, limestone, clay, schist and yellow tuffeau), they tend to produce round natural wines, delightful and crisp. Some of their work (mainly done by Catherine) can be found under the label "La Dillettante"!
