Alexandre Delétraz

Coming Up

Changins School set the framework: classroom rigour, tasting discipline, and the habit of working with precision. In Alexandre Delétraz’s case, that training did not stay abstract for long. By 2008, he had become winemaker and owner-founder of Cave des Amandiers, moving from study to responsibility and giving shape to a practice that treats authorship as part of the job. The result is a career built on exactness, where method and intent carry equal weight.

Where They Are Now

Vineyard work, cellar decisions, and the slower task of defining a house style sit together in Alexandre Delétraz’s role at Cave des Amandiers. Since 2008, he has worked as winemaker and owner-founder, a position that asks for technical control, patience, and a steady feel for timing. The project is carried forward year after year through continuity rather than display. In Alexandre’s hands, Cave des Amandiers reads as an ongoing exchange between place, purpose, and time.

Signature

Petite Arvine, Fendant 2024, and Gamay 2023 mark Alexandre’s signature range. Taken together, they show a winemaker working across difference rather than repeating a single formula. Petite Arvine brings its own clear identity to the group, while Fendant 2024 and Gamay 2023 place the work in the present and show attention to the conditions of each vintage. The thread across the three is not uniformity, but calibration.

In Their Words “La Cave des Amandiers c’est un peu une utopie ou plutôt un rêve… Un projet de vie à coup sûr !” The line frames Alexandre Delétraz’s work as something built over time, not declared in advance. It points to Cave des Amandiers as a project shaped by conviction and carried through practice, with the vineyard and cellar serving a purpose that extends beyond production. Read plainly, it is a statement about making a place into a long-term form of work.