Brigitte Chevalier

At a Glance - Role: owner and winemaker. - Estate: Domaine Cébène. - Place: Faugères, France. - Signature note: Les Bancèls, a north-facing terraced vineyard.

Signature

The wines named Belle Lurette, Les Bancels, and FELGARIA carry the estate’s sense of placement in their own way. Belle Lurette reads with the patience of long view; Les Bancels ties directly to the terraced parcel that anchors the estate’s identity; FELGARIA rounds out the set as a name built to stay in memory. Taken together, they point to a winemaking practice organized around named sites and clear distinctions, with each bottle carrying a specific relation to the landscape at Domaine Cébène. Les Bancèls is described by Brigitte Chevalier in terms that leave no room for ambiguity: “This [schist] parcel has become a named place, the symbol of Cébène.” The point is not ornament but definition. A north-facing terraced vineyard on schist becomes more than a block on a map; it becomes a reference point for the estate, a parcel whose physical traits and named status carry equal weight in the way the domaine presents itself.

In Their Words “The terraced vineyard of Les Bancèls, facing north, which has become the symbol of Cébène.” “Les Bancèls: This [schist] parcel has become a named place, the symbol of Cébène.”