What dreams are made of - Le Vignoble du Rêveur

Simon is super impressed with Mathieu Deiss's newish solo project Le Vignoble du Rêveur - and in particular three skin macerated white wines.

Mathieu Deiss is clearly a philosophical sort of chap - Le Vignoble du Rêveur, his poetically named project, translates as "vineyard of dreams". It's a nice story - Having won his spurs working along side his dad Jean-Michel Deiss (Domaine Marcel Deiss), Mathieu launched his solo venture in 2013. Taking vineyards bequeathed to him by his grandfather, Mathieu has brought them back into service and converted them to biodynamic agriculture.

The dreams are those of his grandfather, who according to Mathieu was constantly fighting for his independence - his liberté. Mathieu's intention is to celebrate his grandfather's ideals, and indeed the winemaking has a kind of freedom about it - doing the absolute minimum necessary in the cellar to let the grapes express themselves. Mathieu has a particular passion for macerating his white grapes, and believes if he can perfect the technique, he'll get to a point where there is no more need for added sulphites. His first attempt at this no holds barre…