New arrivals of the current vintage, featured in the Wine Terroir 2021 list, from Dominique et Mallorie Pabiot. Among the new releases for Italy is also the wine from their biodynamically farmed vineyard...
Dominique et Mallorie Pabiot, winegrowers in Tracy-sur-Loire
A young estate, founded by Dominique Pabiot in 1997. His young daughter, Mallorie Pabiot, grew up on the estate until the day she decided to set off and discover the world. Between 2017 and 2018 she returned home, and with fresh eyes and a renewed love for her land she took on a full role in running the Domaine.
Independent winegrowers and longstanding members of the Vigneron Indèpendant association, they farm their land with the utmost respect for the territory, believing in the principles of natural balance and coexistence within the ecosystem.
In keeping with these principles, over the last 2 years one specific, clearly defined vineyard has been converted entirely to biodynamic farming.
No certification, no extremes, no self-interest: simply the desire to keep moving along a path of respect for their land. The vinification of this vineyard has produced a single-parcel wine, that is, a wine made by vinifying a single plot of land separately.
Among the various new arrivals exclusive to Italy is this new label from Domaine Dominique et Mallorie Pabiot, Fleur des Vignes.
Pouilly-Fumé Fleur des Vignes 2019 label
Fleur des Vignes, a single-parcel Pouilly-Fumé from biodynamic viticulture
A single plot, farmed biodynamically for more than two years.
A path that Mallorie Pabiot was determined to pursue on her return to the estate: one first taken as an experiment and now gradually being extended to the whole Domaine.
The label features a drawing of a vine in flower, and a bee.
For Mallorie, the bee is a symbol of balance within an ecosystem that should be protected and safeguarded, not exploited: only then can the ecosystem give its finest fruit.
"Imagine you're walking through our vineyard surrounded by this incredible biodiversity..."
- Mallorie Pabiot
On the back label there is also a poem in French, written by the poet Yves Marchand, a friend of Mallorie's, to support her along her journey towards biodynamic viticulture and respect for the land.
This is the poem, which we have left untranslated out of respect for its original meaning:
Un délicat parfum attira dans la vigne
Une abeille à l'affût d'enivrantes senteurs.
Sans avertir sans soeurs, ni leur faire un seul signe,
Elle fut la première à butiner les fleurs.
En s'approchant d'un rang, elle vit des étoiles
Blanches, ensoleillées, comme drapées d'un voile.
Mallorie travaillait la terre de ses mains
Quand un bourdonnement lui fit lever les yeux.
Elle vit dans ces fleurs sa cuvée de demain,
Le fruit de ses efforts, promesse des aïeux."
- Yves Marchand
A poem that reminds us that wine is never just wine, but also culture, place, philosophy, people and ideas.
Wine Terroir Srls is the exclusive importer and official Italian distributor of the wines of Domaine Dominique et Mallorie Pabiot.
For further information, write to us at info@wineterroir.it
