Winemakers | Domaine Binet Jacquet in AOC Faugères

Pierre and Olivier, independent winemakers in Faugères, are getting ready for the harvest

Pierre Jacquet and Piggy, the two figures in the field

Pierre and Olivier from the Binet Jacquet estate, winegrowers in Faugères

We, Olivier Binet and Pierre Jacquet, have always shared a common passion for authentic terroir focused wines. Driven by this vision we embarked on an adventure in 1999 and created our own domaine. We strongly believe that the authentic expression of terroir is only possible when there is a close relationship between the vine grower and his vineyards. It is for this reason that we chose to limit the size of our estate to just 9 hectares of vineyards.

We planted the majority of our vineyards ourselves between 2002 and 2007 and have purchased alongside it some old vine plots to complete our holdings. Our first, small, harvest was in 2005, and the following year we bought and renovated an old cellar in the center of the medieval town of Faugères. All our vineyards have been in full production since 2012.

The creation

At the beginning our domaine existed only as a vision in our heads. Pierre Jacquet had previously worked at different wine producers in Languedoc for more than 10 years. Olivier Binet had worked as a wine journalist and was selling wines.

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The development

From 2012 we continued to develop our domaine and gradually refine our work in the vineyards and in the cellar.

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