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Domercq Fabrice
Saint-Émilion · Bordeaux · France
Fabrice Domercq, born in Paris in 1965, came to wine from design and art: his handmade work has been shown at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and the Fondation Cartier. He founded Ormiale in 2007. The name joins those of his sons, Igor, Alexandre and Achille, with Milo, son of his friend the designer Jasper Morrison.
The wines are bottled as Vin de France, from grapes hand-picked by a team of friends in organically farmed vineyards in Saint-Émilion and destemmed by hand. Since the 2021 vintage the winery has been housed in an old limestone quarry in the heart of Saint-Émilion, where the caves stay cool and fermentations run slowly.
Since 2016 nothing has been added to any of the wines: no sulphites, just grapes, indigenous yeasts and no filtration. Production is tiny, around 6,000 bottles a year, and most of it leaves France.
