Isabelle Fort

Isabelle's Story

"My family owned this estate before the French Revolution (1789) and I have always wanted to keep this asset. Therefore, I chose to do agricultural studies and obtained a National diploma of oenology in Bordeaux and have taught oenology and winegrowing for 10 years.

I love the diversity in my job, as Confucius the Chinese philosopher once said 'Choisissez un travail que vous aimez et vous n’aurez pas à travailler un seul jour de votre vie' or to translate 'Chose a job that you like and you will not have to work a single day of your life'

My Key Winemaking philosophies are patience, self-abnegation and abandonment, courage, love and listening. We are green because being a winegrower, it is being first and foremost a FARMER and keep sensible with common sense, we do not spoil the land because it MAKES US LIVE.

We green harvest leaving 8 bunches by plant Filtration and we maintaing regular racking to eliminate the lees, during the ageing and slight filtration before bottling for an optimal presentation of the wine

I couldn't do my job without my husband Jean-Philippe Fort (consultant-oenologist for over 70 great growths of Bordeaux) for his precious advice. I work hard and have given up a quiet life purely to seek an optimal quality whatever the vintage."