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Ormiale
More than just a winery, Fabrice Domercq makes art with grape juices.
Tucked away on the limestone slopes outside Saint-Émilion, Ormiale is a deeply personal, project driven by friendship, curiosity, patience, and a refusal to follow convention. Working just beyond the boundaries of appellation rules, the estate focuses on old vines and thoughtfully chosen parcels, farming with care and restraint.
Rather than chasing polish or power, Ormiale is about honesty and time. Fabrice seeks to make wines that reflect the vineyard’s rhythms, the challenges of a changing climate whilst enjoying the freedom that comes with working outside rigid frameworks. Each cuvée is a snapshot of a place and a moment, shaped as much by intuition as by experience.
At Ormiale, winemaking is guided by trust. Trust in the fruit, in native yeasts and in time itself. Grapes are harvested and destemmed by hand and fermented naturally, without additives, fining, or filtration. The cellar is a space for observation rather than intervention.
Ageing takes many forms: demi-johns, barrels, and extended time on lees, sometimes under a veil of yeast (sous voile). Some wines rest for years before release, evolving quietly until they are ready. The results are wines with texture, nuance, and a sense of calm, never forced, never hurried, and always alive.
In the cool, stone-walled cellar, we taste wines that shift in the glass. Some taut and fresh, others layered with savoury depth and gentle oxidative notes. It’s an experience rooted in conversation, curiosity, and time, offering a rare, unfiltered glimpse into what natural winemaking in Saint-Émilion can be when creativity leads the way.
A tasting at Ormiale feels less like a formal appointment and more like stepping into someone’s working notebook. Bottles are opened slowly, often alongside stories of weather, fermentations that took unexpected turns, and wines that needed years of patience before finding their voice.
In the cool, stone-walled cellar, you taste wines that shift in the glass. Some taut and fresh, others layered with savoury depth and gentle oxidative notes. It’s an experience rooted in conversation, curiosity, and time, offering a rare, unfiltered glimpse into what natural winemaking in Saint-Émilion can be when creativity leads the way.
Tucked away on the limestone slopes outside Saint-Émilion, Ormiale is a deeply personal, project driven by friendship, curiosity, patience, and a refusal to follow convention. Working just beyond the boundaries of appellation rules, the estate focuses on old vines and thoughtfully chosen parcels, farming with care and restraint.
Rather than chasing polish or power, Ormiale is about honesty and time. Fabrice seeks to make wines that reflect the vineyard’s rhythms, the challenges of a changing climate whilst enjoying the freedom that comes with working outside rigid frameworks. Each cuvée is a snapshot of a place and a moment, shaped as much by intuition as by experience.
At Ormiale, winemaking is guided by trust. Trust in the fruit, in native yeasts and in time itself. Grapes are harvested and destemmed by hand and fermented naturally, without additives, fining, or filtration. The cellar is a space for observation rather than intervention.
Ageing takes many forms: demi-johns, barrels, and extended time on lees, sometimes under a veil of yeast (sous voile). Some wines rest for years before release, evolving quietly until they are ready. The results are wines with texture, nuance, and a sense of calm, never forced, never hurried, and always alive.
In the cool, stone-walled cellar, we taste wines that shift in the glass. Some taut and fresh, others layered with savoury depth and gentle oxidative notes. It’s an experience rooted in conversation, curiosity, and time, offering a rare, unfiltered glimpse into what natural winemaking in Saint-Émilion can be when creativity leads the way.
A tasting at Ormiale feels less like a formal appointment and more like stepping into someone’s working notebook. Bottles are opened slowly, often alongside stories of weather, fermentations that took unexpected turns, and wines that needed years of patience before finding their voice.
In the cool, stone-walled cellar, you taste wines that shift in the glass. Some taut and fresh, others layered with savoury depth and gentle oxidative notes. It’s an experience rooted in conversation, curiosity, and time, offering a rare, unfiltered glimpse into what natural winemaking in Saint-Émilion can be when creativity leads the way.
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