Domaine Charvin has been a family-run estate since 1851
and a structured
It is a wine that doesn't just sit in the glass
From a sustainably farmed single vineyard of blue schist soils at 1500 ft elevation in the Douro
all backed by a serious chalky energy
2024 Martin Texier, La Preyna, VdF Cuvee_La Montagne Domaine Charvin has been aMartin Texier works just outside Saint Julien en Saint Alban, farming family parcels long tended by his father, Eric. Before returning to the vines, he spent time as a DJ, and it showshis wines make you want to dance. La Preyna comes from a single granite based parcel, planted to ~75% Cinsault and 25% Grenache. The approach is simple: Cinsault whole cluster, Grenache destemmed, about a week of maceration, then finished and aged in concrete, bottled in