Wine estates Pourrières

This family business, now run by Hélène Dragon and her husband Frédéric Arnaud, has been certified High Environmental Value (HVE) since 2019. It produces 4 AOP Côtes-de-Provence, Côtes-de-Provence-Sainte-Victoire and IGP Var vintages on about 20 hectares. On plots outside the PDO, varieties atypical for Provence have been planted; vinified as single-variety wines, they express their originality in vin de Pays du Var cuvées. The estate also offers its olive oil and regional products for sale at the winery.

The vineyard is spread over several terroirs at the foot of the Sainte Victoire, on the southern slope next to Aix en Provence. Owner Jérôme Maillot has been practicing biodynamic viticulture since he set up in 2014, and has been certified Organic since 2017. He offers several wine cuvées, including a 100% Carignan noir red wine vinified without inputs and with a minimal dose of sulfites. He confides: "My orientation is to work the vines as close to nature as possible, with maximum connection to our environment".