Cornas

Maxime Graillot was born into a winemaking family and trained under his father until 2004 when he decided to divide his time between his father’s domaine and establishing his own with long term friend and fellow winemaker, Thomas Schmittel. They bought parcels in the village of Beaumont-Monteux, (just south of Maxime’s father’s plots in La Chene Vert) converted them from conventional to organic sites and banned the use of herbicides. Much of the fruit is de-stemmed and fermented in a combination of concrete and old Burdundian oak to produce wines with exuberant, pure fruit and ultimate freshness.