Domaine de L’Octavin

Wonder Woman

Born in the Jura region, it was after studying in Bordeaux and Dijon, and then travelling from Chile to Napa Valley, that Alice returned to her native land at the age of 30. There she met her then partner, with whom she founded Domaine de l'Octavin in Arbois in 2005. They both quickly became convinced that organic and biodynamic methods were the way to go, and the entire estate was certified Demeter in 2010.

To the few hectares of the beginning, new vines are gradually added, Chardonnay, Savagnin, Pinot Noir, Trousseau and Poulsard... the whole range of Jura grape varieties, which shine with their freshness and acidity, ideal for shaping these natural wines, as Alice likes them. Having studied cello at the conservatory, she often compares wine to classical music and improvisation. Far from the technological wines learnt in schools, the natural wine represents for Alice a certain idea of improvisation, not being there to act but to accompany the grapes, with emotion.

To cope with the years of frost and the small harvests that accompany them, Alice is developing a line of négoce wines, with grapes coming from her friends in Beaujolais, the South of France or even the neighbouring Bugey. These are wines with offbeat labels, with the now famous garden gnomes, which once again prove Alice's talent and special touch, while pushing back the boundaries of her native Jura...