Like a passion that invades the soul and spreads around oneself, the profession of winemaker offers the possibility, just like art, to express oneself and merge with the material.
Like a sculptor before clay, I have managed to express my vision of white grapes with dry, chiseled, taut wines full of freshness, but also with mellow wines full of roundness, indulgence, and length.
My name is Michel Boutin, and I am based in Jurançon, a vineyard in the heart of Southwest France.
It’s well known that human beings are never satisfied with what they have, so much so that the idea of producing red wine germinated in my ever-bubbling mind.
Established on a white wine terroir, I nevertheless wanted to keep a connection between my whites and these future red wines.
Then, like an obvious presence permanently before my eyes, the Pyrenees imposed themselves!
The connection was there, and all I had to do was cross them to reach the magical terroirs of Navarre and Rioja.
From discussions to encounters, then from encounters to discussions, the Manzanos Family, established in Azagra, who were looking to pass on their estate, gave me the opportunity to become a winemaker in Spain.
Today I have managed to realize part of my dream, to have a foot on each side of the Pyrenees!
The Southwest of France for whites, Navarre and Rioja for reds, now it’s up to me to make you discover the unlimited qualitative potential of these three terroirs that have in common my fierce determination to make good wine.
Michel Boutin