Interview with a winemaker from the Loire region: Jean-Michel Poiron, owner and winemaker, Domaine Poiron Dabin, Muscadet.
📽️ Interviews with Loire winemakers & Loire winery proprietors
Domaine Poiron Dabin is a family wine estate run by my brother Laurent and I.
We are located in the heart of the Muscadet Sèvre-et- Maine appellation.
Wines and soils
We produce wines with the Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie appellation and the Cru Château Thébaud appellation, which is a village cru appellation of a very high level, where you have a rare type of bedrock composed of schist and soft, crumbly granite which gives the wines great structure, fruitiness and exceptional ageing potential.
We have also specialised ourselves in another area — the production of Traditional Method sparkling wines, made entirely at the estate. These Traditional Method sparkling wines are always made from unusual varieties, like Gewurztraminer, which is of course grown on the estate, Sauvignon Fié Gris, Melon Blanc, or the famous historical variety, Berligou, which is a remarkable variety.
That is something that is really worth discovering if you ever happen to visit us.
Sales and export
It is true that we are well established in Asian countries, particularly Japan and China, with whom we have excellent commercial and personal relationships.
It is really this that drives me to seek customers abroad. We are a long way from having conquered the whole world.
We tend rather to let people come to us. It is word of mouth that does the job for us to a certain extent.
