Wines from Domaine La Porte Saint Jean: buy at the best price
Sylvain Dittière established his domaine La Porte Saint Jean south of Saumur, in the Loire in 2010. Not yet 30 years old, this winegrower had already accumulated remarkable viticultural experience: Domaine de L'Ecu (Loire), Domaine Marc Tempé (Alsace), Domaine Gauby (Roussillon), Château Yvonne et Thierry Germain (Loire) in Saumur/Saumur Champigny, as well as Le Clos Rougeard. Sylvain is in fact very close to the legendary Clos Rougeard, as his wife Pauline is none other than the daughter of Françoise and Charly Foucault, and therefore the sister of Antoine Foucault, who himself heads the Domaine du Collier. In 2010, La Porte Saint Jean comprised 3 hectares on lease along with purchased grapes. From 2011 onwards, Sylvain Dittière purchased his first plot, and today La Porte Saint Jean encompasses 8.5 ha of its own — a meteoric rise to prominence among the great names of the Loire.