Domaine Philippe Alliet: Vineyards
Philippe Alliet and his wife Claude have a house in the heart of Cravant-les-Coteaux, which is to Chinon what Chavignol is to Sancerre (I am hoping this makes sense to someone other than just me). Nevertheless the domaine is today centred around the cellars on the road running westwards out of Briançon and its 8 hectares of vines. For much of his time Philippe worked between three smaller cellars, but in he 2005 built a new and very well-equipped facility here. Thus, this is now the beating heart of the Alliet domaine.
Today Philippe has around 19 hectares of the Chinon appellation to work with, planted almost exclusively (18 hectares) to Cabernet Franc, although a few years ago he also established a 1-hectare parcel of Chenin Blanc, adding a limited-production white cuvée to the range. While many of these vines sit on sandy-gravelly soils wrapped around the cellars, Philippe’s more recent acquisitions gave him access to vines on more prestigious clay and limestone terroirs. Broadly speaking, then, the vineyard can be divided into two.
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