{"title":"Antoine Sunier","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA daring reconversion, guided by natural wine\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter spending 13 years as an executive at Bouygues Télécom, Antoine decided to leave everything, his job as well as his Basque Country, to train in viticulture and winemaking in \u003cstrong\u003eBeaune\u003c\/strong\u003e. He then found himself on the school benches alongside, among others, \u003cstrong\u003eCamille Lapiere\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eChristelle Roch\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA passion passed on by his brother\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis love of wine and this desire to make it does not come from nowhere for Antoine, it is quite simply thanks to his brother Julien. \u003cstrong\u003eJulien Sunier\u003c\/strong\u003e then moved to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mireehaute.com\/en\/collections\/beaujolais\" title=\"Beaujolais\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeaujolais\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e in 2003. Antoine spends all his summers and holidays there helping out with friends, and that's where the \u003cstrong\u003enatural wine\u003c\/strong\u003e virus ends up catching him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA revelation in Beaujolais, anchored in Régnié and Morgon\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe therefore left to study in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mireehaute.com\/en\/collections\/bourgogne\" title=\"Bourgogne\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurgundy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and did his apprenticeship first at the \u003cstrong\u003eChâteau de Prémeaux\u003c\/strong\u003e, then learned the subtle art of winemaking from a leader in natural Beaujolais wines in the person of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mireehaute.com\/en\/collections\/jean-claude-lapalu-1?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=Jean-Claude%20Lapalu\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\" title=\"Jean-Claude Lapalu\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean-Claude Lapalu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. It's a revelation! Already in love with the terroir of this region of \u003cstrong\u003eGamay\u003c\/strong\u003e, he decided to settle there and bought an estate with a little less than \u003cstrong\u003e4 ha\u003c\/strong\u003e of vines in the \u003cstrong\u003eRégnié\u003c\/strong\u003e appellation, he then released his first vintage in 2014, becoming certified in organic in 2020 and subsequently expanded a little more with the purchase of other plots of \u003cstrong\u003eGamay\u003c\/strong\u003e to reach today an estate size of \u003cstrong\u003e5.5 ha\u003c\/strong\u003e: 4.3 on \u003cstrong\u003eRégnié\u003c\/strong\u003e and 1.2 on \u003cstrong\u003eMorgon\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA natural approach for velvety Gamays\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe favors a \u003cstrong\u003ebiodynamic\u003c\/strong\u003e approach to his vines and his wines, and although he adds a tiny dose of sulfur when bottling, he does not practice any fining or filtration on his vintages. \u003cstrong\u003eTextured\u003c\/strong\u003e, velvety wines, high-class \u003cstrong\u003eGamay\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/mireehaute.com\/en-eu\/collections\/antoine-sunier.oembed","provider":"Marée Haute","version":"1.0","type":"link"}