June 6, 2022 – Chateau Routas (Coteaux Varois en Provence) is happy to announce the appointment of Fabrice Grossmann as winemaker. A local of Toulon, Fabrice grew up in lovely Aix-en-Provence surrounded by a Provençal area wealthy with biodiversity, vineyards and tradition. His appointment comes because the property celebrates 30 years of tremendous winemaking. Fabrice Grossmann follows Jean Louis Bavay, who was with Chateau Routas over three many years as winemaker.
Says Routas proprietor Keith Murray, “We’re delighted to welcome Fabrice to Routas. He’s an exceptionally gifted winemaker deeply educated about our distinctive terroir and area, with a passionate love for the pure world.”
Initially learning world historical past, Fabrice turned intrigued about wine after harvesting grapes for the primary time on the age of 19. Severe coaching started in 2003 at Domaine de la Brillane, near Aix-en-Provence. In 2003 he handed the BPREA (Le Brevet Professionnel Responsable d’Enterprise Agricole) on the Institut Chimie Oenologie Provence (ICOP) in viticulture and continued his research there, passing the BTS Viticulture-Oenology diploma (Le Brevet de Technicien Supérieur) in 2007.
After finishing his research, he labored with natural vintner Peter Fischer at Chateau Revelette in Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence. Then for 11 years, he labored on the neighboring Chateau Vignelaure (additionally natural), the place he assisted each the winery supervisor and winemaker. Fabrice left the place there to work at Domaine du Vallon des Glauges, near Les Alpilles as cellar grasp, earlier than discovering his dream place at Chateau Routas. At Routas he seems ahead to enhancing a shared imaginative and prescient with the Murray household of constructing upon the sustainable practices already in place whereas quickly changing the property to natural farming.
ABOUT CHATEAU ROUTAS
In 2005, Scottish entrepreneur Sir David Murray and his son Keith Murray took possession of the chateau and the 642-acre property. Along with being managing associate of Chateau Routas, Keith Murray manages all wine investments for each Wine Importers (Edinburgh) Ltd and Cockburns of Leith, that are additionally Murray Capital portfolio firms.
After the Murrays undertook a meticulous replanting program,135 acres are underneath vine. The array of soils upon the high-altitude area coupled with thirty years of savior-faire, provides Routas the power to provide glorious property wines with consistency.
Various soil variation drives grape complexity in addition to visible aesthetics. Some winery plots are purple as crushed brick, whereas others are of a crumbly gray limestone blended with vivid purple stones that bleach within the sizzling summer season solar. All of that is surrounded by an array of purple poppies, sunflowers, wild thyme and lavender in opposition to a backdrop of majestic mountains and a forest bordering the vines, brimming with Aleppo pines and plant range.
The sustainably-farmed property is nestled between the outdated city class of Aix-en-Provence and the white sand seashores that line the Gulf de Saint-Tropez.
Their famend Rosé and Viognier persistently ship high quality at an approachable worth of $15 (£10), with 300,000 bottles produced yearly.
