Jean Pierre Robinot

France
Jasnières, Vallee de la Loire

35000 bottles in the cellar

Specialities: White wine

Jean-Pierre fell in love with wine at the age of 22, thanks to a bottle of "Cheval Blanc 1964" and moved to Paris, met some of the true pioneers of the natural wine movement and later opened one of the first dedicated wine bars "L'Ange Vin." Here he founded France's leading natural wine magazine "Le Rouge et Le Blanc." After 12 years spent running the wine bar and the magazine in the early 2000s he left Paris and moved with his wife Noella to the village where he grew up Chahaignes to start making wine.

After the first vintage spent between the restaurant and the winery, Jean-Pierre decided to sell the wine shop to devote himself heart and soul to his agricultural project, beginning to acquire plots of land around his house and planting vines of Pineau d'Aunis, Chenin Blanc, and Gamay.

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A landmark in Loire

The Robinots cultivate a total of 7 ha of land in two appellations in the northern part of the Loire, Jasnières and Coteaux-du-Loire. The vines are planted on a mixed soil of red clay, limestone and flint and are grown organically without any certification, with most of the treatments being in the form of infusions of wild plants such as nettles and ferns.

His wines are bottled under the name L'Ange Vin, Jean Pierre also does a prolific negoce with the label line: L'Opéra des Vins.