Domaine Jean-Baptiste Senat
From Paris to Minervois is just a step, especially to express know-how like Jean-Baptiste Senat's. This Languedoc-Roussillon estate makes organic wines crafted with precision to release surprising flavours. Natural wines scented with Carignan and Grenache, wines that call for sunshine. Discover them!
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The wines of Domaine Jean-Baptiste Senat
The story of Jean-Baptiste and Charlotte Senat
"I'm an impostor looking for the truth of the terroir," says Jean-Baptiste Senat. After studying history and political science, he left Paris in 1995 with his wife Charlotte to take over the family estate in Minervois, in Trausse-Minervois, east of Carcassonne at the foot of the Montagne Noire. A close friend followed them and taught him the trade. His first vintage was sold in 1996.
Meeting other winegrowers and reading Jules Chauvet quickly led him to respectful farming: the estate is organic, Ecocert-certified since 2005. Charlotte handles sales and administration, and since 2004 has brought together a group of winegrower friends who share their love of terroir.
The grapes are those of Minervois: mostly Grenache, plus Cinsault, Carignan, Mourvèdre and Chenin, on clay-limestone soils and siliceous lenses of garrigue. Gentle pruning, ploughing under the vine, hand harvesting: the principles of biodynamics fit his non-interventionist philosophy. In the cellar, fermentations with native yeasts, often with whole bunches, and no additives. Lively, fresh, elegant wines that truly look like their terroir.
The cuvées of Jean-Baptiste Senat
Aux amis de ma sœur is a sunny, juicy white with white fruit and citrus that makes you want to go on holiday: Grenache blanc, Grenache gris and Chenin.
In red, Arbalète et Coquelicot is a fruit bomb with a spring-like scent, to serve chilled, mostly Grenache with Cinsault and Carignan. Hors Champs shares the same DNA with a bit more body, perfect for barbecues with friends. Amalgame, Grenache with a little Cinsault, is fresh and floral. Ornicar marries Grenache and Carignan, between concentration, spice and freshness. La Nine ("the darling") is a hug of ripe fruit with garrigue aromas. L'Enclos de l'Âne, from old Grenache, combines concentration and elegance. And Le Bois des Merveilles, Grenache and Carignan next to a wood the children named "the wood of wonders", offers depth and finesse. Several cuvées come in magnum.
To discover Minervois, there's nothing like the wines of Jean-Baptiste and Charlotte Senat, true natural Languedoc wines!
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