Domaine Pierre Gaillard

Pierre Gaillard is an emblematic winemaker of the Rhône Valley. With a degree in viticulture and oenology, he bought Clos de Cuminaille in Malleval in 1981. In 2002, he created Domaine Madeloc in Banyuls-sur-Mer, and in 2007, Domaine Cottebrune in Faugères. Today, Pierre Gaillard is at the head of 77 hectares of vines, all estates combined.

The vines are spread across the northern Rhône valley, from Côte-Rôtie in the north to Cornas in the south. They are located on steep hillsides in the last foothills of the Massif Central.

Pierre Gaillard follows his inspiration while respecting the "raw material": the grape. At Malleval, Madeloc and Cottebrune, he strives for optimal conditions of hygiene and temperature control, between hand-harvesting, plot-by-plot vinification and grape-by-grape vinification. Pierre Gaillard 's wines express clean, precise fruit aromas, often deep color and present tannins without rusticity.