Le Débit d’Ivresse

Flagrant débit

Luc Devot has had several lives, born in the Roussillon region and having passed through Paris and Bordeaux, he has been a sea fisherman, a cook, a festival organiser... his first harvest was with Jean-Louis Tribouley, who introduced him to natural wines, a world which led him to work with Loïc Roure of the Domaine du Possible and to become a volunteer at the "La Remise" wine fair, where he met many people, such as Bruno Duchêne, Axel Prüfer, Alain Castex and Nicolas Carmarans... the list is long!

It was at the side of Philippe Wies, at the Domaine de la Petite Baigneuse, where he worked for three years, in the vineyard and in the cellar, that he discovered the reality of the winegrowing profession. Finally, in 2017, after having gravitated around the world of wine for many years, he launched his own business, creating a trading activity and making his first juices, in the spirit of Roussillon, solidarity, mutual aid and sharing.

Then in 2018, Luc moved on, and it was in Estagel that he found a magnificent first parcel of almost 2 hectares, at an altitude of some 320 metres, on schist, planted in goblets of Grenache Gris, Mourvèdre, Grenache Noir... at altitude and inland, the maritime influence is minimal, the vines face north, and are protected from the aggressive rays of the midday sun, and have a front-row seat to the famous Tramontane wind

Since then, Luc Devot has been vinifying his juices with Sylvain Respaut and Olivier Cros, in the Cave Apicole, an old cooperative transformed into a "co-vinif" space by this group of friends. Mutual aid and sharing are the order of the day, the wines evolve in vats and then in barrels, the juices keeping all their freshness and the purity of the fruit, typical of Luc's style, with the sole aim of "transforming the grape into wine". Spicy and salty notes mark the origin of the grapes, the Mediterranean is not far away.

Each sip of his evocatively named cuvées is like a dip in the refreshing sea, inevitably leaving the desire for a second sip...