Certified
Organic
Type
Grower, Maker
Certified
Organic
Type
Grower, Maker
About
Jonathan Maunoury has a PhD in Chemistry and spent 10 years as a researcher for next generation
smartphone displays (UK and Belgium) before he felt the need for more open space and a life outside the
lab. He went to wine school in Beaune and cemented his experience at a variety of biodynamic domaines
in Burgundy (Chandon de Briailles), Champagne (Vouette et Sorbee), the Rhone (Gonon) and the Loire
Valley (Mark Angely, Melaric, Maisons Rouges).
In 2017 he struck out on his own, taking over 5 hectares of vines around the hill of Puy Notre Dame, just
southwest of Saumur in the Loire Valley. His vineyards sit on the local limestone 'tuffeau' subsoil. The
vines had been farmed organically for 20 years and Jonathan started working biodynamically in 2017.
Most of his plantings are Cabernet Franc and he has a little Chardonnay, Carbernet Sauvignon and
Pineau d'Aunis. He harvests by hand, ferments with natural yeasts and doesn't fine or filter. His goal is to
make genuine wines that are as natural as possible with little intervention as possible.
Certifications
Certified - Organic by FR-BIO-09 (1998, 2022/52717/1)
Contact Details
+33 2 53 85 91 61
527 Rue du Château
Vaudelnay,
49260
France
Technical information
Wine
This grower-maker grows all their own grapes.
- Size of their farm: 10 (ha)
- Size of farm under vine: 5 (ha)
- All grapes are dry-farmed. None of the vineyards are irrigated.
- All grapes are harvested manually.
Average production of wine: 20000 (btl)