After honing his craft in the Southern Rhône and spending a decade managing an organic estate in the Ardèche, Sylvain Martel transitioned to Beaujolais in 2016 to assist the Graillot family in launching Domaine de Fa. In 2018, he established his own eponymous domaine in Fleurie, where he shares a cellar and a low-intervention winemaking philosophy with his wife, renowned producer Anne-Sophie Dubois. Martel is celebrated for his “titanesque” dedication to manual labor, personally managing steep, high-altitude parcels on Mont Bessay through organic viticulture and traditional winch-plowing. By focusing on tiny yields from specialized sites like Les Fouillouses, he produces precision-driven Juliénas that emphasizes the raw mineral power of the region’s unique blue stone geology.

Wines:
Sylvain Martel Julienas les Fouillouses

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