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Julien Delrieu
VDF · Loire · France
Julien Delrieu is a young and talented winemaker in the Loire Valley. A kind and sensitive man with a great thirst for knowledge, he is a beekeeper who studied oenology in Dijon, brewed beer with monks in Belgium, made cheese in Italy, and studied sake fungi in Japan! Upon returning to France, he decided to move to the Loire Valley, and after working with Vincent Carême and Sébastien Brunet in Vouvray, he settled in Anjou. Enthused by the dynamic character of Richard Leroy and Mark Angéli's wines and the characteristics of the Chenin Blanc variety, Julien and two friends purchased 15 hectares of vineyards in Coteaux du Layon, in the heart of Anjou, establishing the "Les Roches Sèches" estate in 2010. The cultivation is organic, and great care is taken with the raw material.
“Julien's vision is to let the vine express itself freely because only in this way can the best possible result be achieved.”
His wines are elegant, complex, and very lively.
