Terres de l’AmandYere

France / Languedoc & Roussillon

In the heart of the Corbières countryside, when he was 35, Stéphane Serre started making wine. With conviction, a real philosophy, and a result in the glass that makes him a producer with a difference, in the most noble sense. A status he assumes with a communicative passion. This is how he is, a Corbières winemaker, deeply rooted in his native land, his heart attached to the family history, and his mind incessantly racing towards the future. When he rolls out the family tree, he knows that already back in 1613 one of his ancestors lived here and worked the land.  On the plots scattered over 2.5 hectares that constitute the basis of his estate, L’Amandyère, the neo-vigneron has never ceased to learn, since his establishment in 2007 and his first vintage, two years later Stéphane Serre set himself strict rules. At harvest time, 50% of the grapes are left on the vine because they do not match the desired quality, and 20% are removed during the final sorting”. This enthusiast of rationalised agriculture respects the lunar calendar in all the major phases of work on the vine and then on the wine.