Domaine Agnès Paquet

Agnès Paquet, the signature of Auxey Créative - Few winegrowers can be proud of having founded their winery from scratch. And even fewer women. Agnès Paquet is one of those who hides behind their smiles an iron will. From the world of wine, she chose trade. Completed internships with a cooper in the Napa Valley and then with a wine cellar manufacturer. In 1995, when she was only 21 years old, she opposed the sale of the family vines. She will wait 5 years to get them back. It launches with zero equipment, zero buildings and zero customers. Rehabilitates the house of his grandparents and lives his first vinification with his cousin close to his vineyards of Auxey. Her ex-husband helped her develop a sales network that now has 15 agents in France. In 2009, she decided to stop selling in bulk. It doubles its volume of bottles and takes over, with investors, prestigious appellations to harvest 13 hectares. "It's full of jobs that this job!" says the one who loves all facets. The cuvée "Patience" is his signature wine. A long ageing in wood that gives its family vines of Auxey-Duresses a unique flavor under a haute couture perfume. Did you say creative? Cultural practices The cultivation of the vine is relatively classic. Since 2004, Le Domaine has completely banned chemical weedkillers and, over the years, promoted copper and sulfur-based treatments. Follow organic principles without being certified. Vinification & Ageing The harvest is done by hand with two successive sorting (standing and table). Use of indigenous yeasts, inputs reduced to a strict minimum, use only SO2 and chaptalization when necessary. The alcoholic and malolactic fermentations of the whites are done in barrels during an aging of 11 to 18 months depending on the vintages and vintages. The vinification of red wines is done in concrete vats and lasts 15 to 20 days, with a whole harvest share depending on the vintage. Then the aging is done in barrels for 10 to 12 months depending on the vintages and cuvées with 15 to 30% new barrels. Critics' reviews 2 stars B&D, 1 star RVF Main wines Auxey-Duresses