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Les Poëte
Argos, Orphée, Odyssée - when you see the labels, you realise that someone is thinking in epic dimensions. Guillaume Sorbe's Les Poëte vineyard in the Centre Loire combines Greek mythology with biodynamic precision. On 17 hectares by the River Cher, only 6.45 of which are planted with vines, sheep graze between the vines, bees buzz at the edge of the forest and 28 plots are vinified separately. „Moins mais Mieux“ - less, but better - is written on every label. The Revue du Vin de France ranks the wines among the most ambitious in the entire Loire.
More about Les Poëte
The sommelier who became a winemaker
Guillaume Sorbe could have had it easier. As the son of a winegrower who also worked as a chef and sommelier, he grew up between vines and restaurant kitchens. But instead of taking over the family vineyard, his father sold it in 1999 and Guillaume went to Bourges, studied hotel management and sommeliery, worked in Michelin-starred restaurants - and tended his grandfather's vines on the side. In 2001, he laid the foundations for his own project, and in 2007 he founded Domaine Les Poëte officially named after his great-grandmother Esther Poëte. The first vintage was bottled in 2011.
An ecosystem instead of a monoculture
The figures seem almost provocative: 17 hectares of land, of which only 6.45 are planted with vines. The rest? Forest, meadows, life. Horses wander through the plots, sheep graze between the rows of vines, bees pollinate the wildflowers on the edge, chickens peck at pests. What sounds like a romantic country idyll actually follows the strict rules of Demeter. Guillaume spends 80 per cent of his time in the vineyards - spread over 28 individual plots with sauvignon blanc, Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris.
Greek heroes in a bottle
The wine names tell stories. Odyssée - the wandering Pinot Noir, fermented as a whole grape, the only wine with a wood imprint in the range. Orphée - the singing Sauvignon, named after the mythical singer. Argos, named after the ship of the Argonauts. And Toison d'Or, the Golden Fleece, a Pinot Gris of rare intensity. Each parcel is vinified separately and most of the wines are matured in stainless steel so as not to mask the fruit.
Less, but better
„Moins mais Mieux“ is emblazoned on every label - the credo of a perfectionist. The Revue du Vin de France awarded Guillaume two stars and praised his wines as the most ambitious white wines in the Loire. Bettane & Desseauve voted him one of the top 10 winemakers of the year in 2019. Anyone who tastes the minerality of his Pouilly-Fumé or the silky structure of his Odyssée will realise that Guillaume Sorbe does not make wines for a quick sip - but for moments that last. Similar precision can only be found with a few Loire winegrowers, such as the legendary Domaine Huet in Vouvray.