Domaine Marc Delienne

As a lifelong passionate about wine, Marc Delienne formed some deep and loyal friendships in the wine world, especially in Vallée du Rhône and Languedoc areas, which he diligently visited every year for over 30 years.
After a successful career in banking and data processing fields, he decided to venture into then wine business. To do so, he first spent 2012 in Domaine de Trévallon, working as a farm worker. There he was actively involved in the wine-making process along with Eloi Dürrbach. In 2014, he created his first gamays with Alain Graillot in the Domaine de Fa. He is especially fond of the Syrahs from Domaine Clape in Cornas and the wines from his two “fathers” : Eloi Dürrbach and Alain Graillot.
In January 2015, he purchased a wine estate in Fleurie in order to start his own business. A vat room was promptly built and he initiated the conversion to organic production right away to gain the Organic Certification as soon as possible, taking everyday extremely good care of the 4,5 hectares vineyard. The result of all this was a very promising crop.
These Vines were planted 40 to more than 80 years ago, with a density of 10,000 vines/hectare (2.5 acres), on mainly sandy or sandy loam soils stemmed from primary rocks (granite) or ancient alluvium, covered by sometimes a dense layer of pebbles of low to average depth. Here, pruning is done using the traditional goblet method, even though the vines are trained to significantly increase their height. Regular tillage, albeit shallow, and a special care given to seasonal plants are key features of the culture of the domain.
The grapes are processed as delicately and as naturally as possible. Concrete vats are filled with whole crops, after thorough screening, with no yeasting nor chaptalisation. Pure carbonic maceration during 12-14 days.
The biggest part of the parcelar Fleurie production is matured in 30hl (80 gallons) barrels (foudres) for 27 months.