Chateau Romanin works 58 hectares of biodynamic vines on the north slope of the Alpilles, within the Les Baux-de-Provence AOC that has required 100 percent organic farming since 2023. Dr Carolyn Sheetz acquired the estate in March 2024.
Tip: The cathedral cellar is carved into the limestone hillside; book a guided tour to see it.
Address: Route de Cavaillon, 13210 Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France
Dominique Hauvette has farmed her small Alpilles estate biodynamically since 1988, working native yeasts, long aging in foudre and concrete; minimal cellar intervention.
Tip: Allocations move through specialist importers (Kermit Lynch in the US); cellar visits are limited and best arranged through the wine merchant network.
The Cartier family certified Mas de Gourgonnier organic in the mid-1970s, decades before the modern wave, and continues to farm without chemicals at Mouries on the south slope of the Alpilles.
Tip: Importer Kermit Lynch carries the wines in the US; Mouries is also the olive-oil capital of Provence and the estate sells its own pressing.
Dominique Hauvette works native-yeast ferments, no added enzymes, no fining and minimal sulphur across her Cornaline red and Roucas white, the Alpilles reference for natural-leaning farming and cellar work.
Tip: The Cornaline red is the canonical Hauvette wine; the small-production whites move quickly through specialist merchants.
Dominique Hauvette has farmed her small Alpilles estate biodynamically since 1988, working native yeasts, long aging in foudre and concrete; minimal cellar intervention.
Tip: Allocations move through specialist importers (Kermit Lynch in the US); cellar visits are limited and best arranged through the wine merchant network.
The Cartier family certified Mas de Gourgonnier organic in the mid-1970s, decades before the modern wave, and continues to farm without chemicals at Mouries on the south slope of the Alpilles.
Tip: Importer Kermit Lynch carries the wines in the US; Mouries is also the olive-oil capital of Provence and the estate sells its own pressing.
Chateau Leoube on the seaward coast at Bormes-les-Mimosas farms its Cotes de Provence vineyards organically and is a reference for organic Provençal rose. The estate also makes olive oil from the same land.
Tip: The garden tasting at Leoube has sea views; arrive late afternoon for the best light.
The Combard family farms Saint Andre de Figuiere at La Londe-les-Maures organically since the early 1990s, with Ecocert certification. The estate works the eastern coastal Cotes de Provence La Londe sub-appellation across Grenache, Cinsault, Mourvedre and Rolle.
Tip: La Londe sits closest to the sea among the Cotes de Provence sub-AOCs; the salinity in the rose is the marker of the sub-appellation.
Dominique Hauvette works native-yeast ferments, no added enzymes, no fining and minimal sulphur across her Cornaline red and Roucas white, the Alpilles reference for natural-leaning farming and cellar work.
Tip: The Cornaline red is the canonical Hauvette wine; the small-production whites move quickly through specialist merchants.
Domaine de Trevallon works low-intervention winemaking across the IGP Alpilles red and white, with the Durbach family practising biodynamics on the limestone north of the Alpilles since the early 1980s.
Tip: Trevallon is the cult Alpilles wine; allocations are tight and the cellar list is loyal, so visits and bottles move through specialist merchants.
