Laurent Cazottes

In Villeneuve-sur-Vère, Laurent Cazottes carries forward a family distilling tradition on a small, diverse farm of vines, orchards and grain. He learnt from his father Jean and began making wine in the early 2010s. Joanna Dubrawska now leads the cellar.

The estate vineyards are cultivated organically, with biodynamic preparations and much of the work done by hand. Local wine grapes include Mauzac, Duras, Braucol and Prunelart. The wines ferment with native yeasts, with small sulphur additions and little use of new oak.