Sherbrooke Cellars

Mas Du Fadan

Winery

Mas du Fadan is owned by David Fayet, a young winegrower who cares about the environment and is on his way to becoming fully organic in his vineyards. He uses sheep manure to fertilize his 7.5 hectare vineyard (18 acres), does mechanical weeding, regular plowing and a severe debudding in the spring. The yields are kept exceptionally low: 20hl/ha. David feels strongly about all of these efforts, which are certainly worthwhile as his vines are in perfect condition and the harvested fruit is ripe and concentrated. The grapes are handpicked and sorted to keep only the best. For vinification the grapes are 100% de-stemmed, generally a cold pre-fermentation maceration, daily pumping over and punching down, and only indigenous yeasts are used. The wines are generally fi ned for stability, but are not filtered. The result are wines that are truly terrior driven and way over deliver on price.

The name of the domaine is evocative: “The fadan or fada is the name given to whoever has been touched by the fairies and lost their mind.”
David Fayet