Domaine de Galouchey 'Vin de Jardin', Bordeaux, France 2019

Domaine de Galouchey is in Beychac-and-Caillau, 7 km from Libourne, but...on the wrong side of the Dordogne.

On the other side of the Dordogne, Saint-Emilion and Pomerol look on, amused. Marco's foray into Bordeaux began around fifteen years ago, on a neighboring plot of land, with two friends and the shared ambition of creating a “Vin de Jardin" (aka "garden wine”) One of them had just bought a house there, they decided to cultivate vines there, despite the fact they did not have planting rights, hence the Vin de France designation. Marco's credo since the beginning has been to "redemocratize Bordeaux" and produce an expression of wine that is more about the fruit then the oak it's aged in.

“For me, the wine must be greedy, it must make you want to finish the bottle. To enjoy drinking it, I used to say that we must begin by listening to its story.”

Vin de France. Field blend of majority Merlot with Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon, Malbec, Carménère and Petit Verdot. 2.5 hectares total from La Chapelle parcel. Vinification: Infusion rather than pumping over. Afterwards the wine spends 30 months aging in barrels – 50% Burgundy, 50% Bordeaux, followed by an additional year in bottle.