Domaine de l'Enviegne

Alexis Tondeur

Since 2021, Alexis Tondeur has been developing a young wine estate located between Ballaison and Douvaine. With a mix of young and old vines, he makes organic wines without inputs, from a variety of grapes grown under organic farming: chasselas, altesse, mondeuse and pinot noir, for expressive wines.

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The wines of Domaine de l'Enviegne

The story of Domaine de l'Enviegne

Domaine de l'Enviegne is a young estate, created in 2021 by Alexis Tondeur between Ballaison and Douvaine, in Haute-Savoie. We are in the Chablais here, on the slopes overlooking Lake Geneva, an area of Savoie wine where chasselas is king. Alexis grows a mix of young and old vines there, organically, with a fine diversity of grapes: chasselas of course, but also altesse, mondeuse and pinot noir. In the cellar, his wines are made without inputs, to let the fruit and freshness of this lakeside terroir shine. Alexis also doesn't hesitate to explore, notably with short macerations on his whites, to bring texture and more gourmand aromatics. Expressive, lively, living wines showing a lesser-known side of Savoie, and a young winemaker to follow closely.

The cuvées of Domaine de l'Enviegne

Aurore is the superb introduction to Alexis's wines: a natural chasselas, fresh, lively and invigorating, just as we like it. It is the aperitif wine that sharpens the taste buds and whets the appetite, perfect with some mountain cheeses or lake perch fillets. Équinoxe offers another reading of chasselas, this time macerated for a few days. Just enough to bring a light, appetising texture combined with the gourmand aromatics of orange wines. For those new to skin-contact wines it is a great approach, and lovers of macerated whites will be delighted. Two cuvées showing everything this often underrated grape can offer in good hands.