DescriptionThe story of Prieuré Saint Jean de Bébian dates back to the Roman Empire, as the vineyard would have been a reward for winning multiple wars to the centurion Bébianus. Then the estate was sold to local monks who built up a monastery (hence the name Prieuré) and a vineyard. The estate was lately in the news due to a few changes of ownerships – bought in 1991 by the former owners of La Revue des Vins de France, then acquired along with Domaine Ganevat in Jura in 2015 by the Russian Alexander Pumpyansky, and recently taken over by its long time winemaker Benoit Pontenier. Benoit is the talent behind the revival of this old state, now composed of 19 hectares of old and young vines, all in biodynamic farming. In the cellar, very few interventions and using wild yeasts without any filtration in perfect harmony with the terroir and its surrounding.
