CHAHUT ET PRODIGES, Touraine, Loire Vally

Before becoming a winemaker, Grégory Leclerc got a Master’s degree in History, but didn’t see himself as the professor type. He tried a little journalism and marketing as well. But when he met the group of passionate natural winemakers in the Loire, he knew he had found his calling. Grégory bought 6.5 ha of vines in 2007 and started the Domaine Chahut & Prodiges. The vines are on the hills of Amboise in Touraine near the Loire Valley city of Blois. He cultivates Chenin, Sauvignon, Gamay, Côt (Malbec) and Grolleau.