Stephane Saillet

Stéphane Saillet 's adventure began in 2020 in Vertus (Marne) with the desire to create wines from elsewhere by harvesting grape varieties of various origins on their preferred terroirs. Although based in Champagne, Stéphane therefore produces wines under the Vin de France appellation. He will glean grapes in Alsace , Beaujolais and Burgundy . Before that, Stéphane was a trained oenologist (with stints at Viret and Zind-Humbrecht among others) and worked as a cellar master in Burgundy .
Each vintage is produced from grapes from estates with which Stéphane Saillet works hand in hand. Some are renewed from year to year, others are not. Each vintage benefits from the same attention and the entire range highlights the specificity of a vintage and the richness of the diversity of the terroirs. Each year, the technical choices (barrels, maceration or aging time, destemming, etc.) are rethought with this philosophy.
Cultivation practices that respect living things, spontaneous fermentation without sulfites in oak or glass containers , and the absence of filtration allow Stéphane Saillet to obtain natural , fresh and digestible wines.