Producer
Region
Village
Grape Variety
Feature
Surface Area
Total Production
Soil
Pascal Thereau
Jura
Arbois
Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard, Pinot Noir, Trousseau
Certified Organic
6ha
43,500 bottles
Les Tourillons: Limestone
Les Bodines: Clay, Limestone, Red Marl
La Regole: Grey Marl
Pascal Thereau is an up-front, young, and sincere person, he tells you like it is and the wines are as such transparent and alive. For many years, he spent his professional life in the art of sourcing wood and crafting barrels. In 2018, he started part-time studying in Beaune and working at Domaine André et Mireille Tissot with Stéphane his mentor.
In 2021, Pascal made his first cuvée “Coup de Feu” a 100% Chardonnay from a tiny 1-acre parcel in Arbois called “La Régole”. In 2022, he obtained several parcels from Tissot and Domaine les Bodines.
Today, in addition to the parcel “La Régole” the estate consists of 6ha of various lieu-dits:
“Les Tourillons” is situated above the village of Arbois, 4.3 acres in elevation and planted with Savagnin and Chardonnay the soil is made of limestone.
“Les Bodines” 8 acres of mostly clay and limestone soil planted with Pinot Noir, Poulsard, Savagnin and Trousseau.
“Les Corvées” 0.5 acre planted with Chardonnay on red marl.
Pascal farms his vineyards organically and has been certified since 2023. Regarding winemaking, minimum intervention prevails, all the reds spend time in tanks to keep a fruit-forward style, while the whites ferment in barrels and are aged in wood, amphoras, concrete, or wood tank. The winery is called La Patelle, named after a Kiosque located in the lieu-dit Les Tourillons and made in the form of patella shells. This abandoned small roof stall was recreated and built by Pascal on his winery.
Le Kiosque Vin de France
100% Chardonnay
Lieu-dit
Soil
Total Production
Winemaking
Les Tourillons
Limestone
8000 bottles
Direct press, native yeast fermentation, 1 year on the lees in wooden tank, amphora and concrete diamond
Les Bodillons Vin de France
100% Savagnin
Lieu-dit
Soil
Total Production
Winemaking
Les Bodines and Le Tourillons
Clay, Limestone, Red Marl
7,000 bottles
Direct press, native yeast fermentation, 1 year on the lees, in stainless steel
Poids Plume Vin de France
100% Poulsard
Lieu-dit
Soil
Age of vines
Total Production
Winemaking
Les Bodines
Red marl
50 years old
7,000 bottles
2.5 weeks of destemmed maceration, native yeasts fermentation, 1 year in stainless steel, no sulfites added
Bout d'Vin Vin de France
100% Trousseau
Lieu-dit
Soil
Age of vines
Total Production
Winemaking
Les Bodines
Red marl
40 years old
6,500 bottles
2.5 weeks of maceration, in 20Hl tank all destemmed grapes, native yeast fermentation, 1 year stainless steel tank
Dévers Vin de France
100% Pinot Noir
Lieu-dit
Soil
Topography
Age of Vines
Total Production
Winemaking
Les Bodines
Red marl
Slopes & Steep
40 years old
15,000 bottles
Non destemmed maceration for 3 weeks in stainless steel tanks, daily pigeage, native yeasts fermentation, 1 year in stainless steel