About the wine

The concept of the “organic couture” wine line Chêne Bleu from Domaine de la Verrière revolves around a true story from the Middle Ages, namely the forbidden love affair between the learned abbot Abélard and Héloïse, his convent student — and their son Astralabe. In 1994, Xavier Rolet acquired this in an extraordinary landscape, high in the Dentelles de Montmirail” winery located in Provence. Its restoration took more than a decade and today presents itself in idyllic seclusion and equipped with the latest technology