Château Barouillet

Château Barouillet is a family-owned vineyard located in Pomport in the Dordogne, right in the heart of the Monbazillac appellation south of Bergerac, just 50 kilometers east of Saint-Émilion. It spans 45 hectares spread across five plots. Since 2009, after working at numerous estates around the world, Vincent Alexis has been gradually converting the vineyard to organic farming and producing unadulterated, fruit-forward wines, embodying the sector’s revival.

The Château Barouillet vineyard produces Monbazillac, Bergerac Rouge, Pécharmant, sweet Côtes de Bergerac, and superb dry whites. Vincent Alexis advocates “small-scale farming” through the very sparing use of pesticides to maintain the biological diversity of the vineyard ecosystem and its surroundings. The cultivation methods for each plot (grass cover, tillage, mowing) are adapted to their specific soil conditions and the climatic conditions of the year, in order to bring out the best of each vintage in our final wine.

Winemaking at Château Barouillet builds on the work done in the vineyard, striving to respect the raw material as much as possible. Inputs are kept to a minimum, and impeccable hygiene is maintained in the winemaking cellar. The decision not to use selected yeasts is a risk, but it also ensures the wine’s distinct character and true representation of the terroir that defines the estate’s AOCs.