Grégory Guillaume came to the Ardèche to explore its caves and stayed to make wine, drawn by limestone, heat, and a stubborn faith in letting nature lead.
Backstory
Guillaume started making wine in 2011, having first moved to the Ardèche out of a love for its caves. He works as a small, hands-on vigneron, and his approach is openly idealistic: a winemaking that respects the elemental forces it cannot control rather than trying to rule them.
The Region
The Ardèche, in south-central France, is a pretty and hot region with little maritime influence but plenty of limestone, the bedrock that runs through Guillaume's wines.
Vineyards and Winemaking
Guillaume farms a patchwork of grapes including Grenache, Grenache Blanc, Chardonnay, Syrah, Merlot, and Alicante Bouschet, working in the natural idiom with minimal intervention in the cellar.
The Wines
His small range moves freely across pet-nats, still whites, rosés, and reds, blends and single varieties alike, each one a snapshot of a given parcel and vintage rather than a fixed recipe.
