Winemaker

Pierre Gérin

Discipline: Winemaker
Venue: Château Roubine · Winery

Portrait of Pierre Gérin

i. Biography

Pierre Gérin is an independent consultant and oenologist, and formerly served as Cellar Master at Château Roubine in Lorgues, France, a post he had held since 2007, while also building Domaine de Capelude in Collobrières, France from family land in 2020. Across both sites, the work is the same in method if not in scale: cellar decisions are meant to stay in service of the site, not overtake it.

The Climb

At Château Roubine, Pierre Gérin worked as Technical Director until 2020, a role that called for consistency, technical control, and a close read on the cellar from vintage to vintage. That background shows in the way his later work is framed: less about making a statement than about holding a line. Since 2020, as oenologist and creator of Domaine de Capelude, he has turned family land in Collobrières into a wine project with the same discipline, but a more direct personal register.

Today

At Domaine de Capelude, which he revived in 2020, Pierre Gérin works as oenologist and creator on wines described as terroir-driven and natural. The process is built from a series of deliberate choices in vineyard and cellar: massal selection, cover crops, sheep grazing, manual harvesting, herbal teas, spontaneous fermentations, aging in large oak casks or jars, and bottling without fining or filtration, with reduced sulfur. None of those steps is presented as decoration. Together, they point to a style that aims to keep structure, texture, and place legible in the finished wine.

Career - Oenologist and creator of Domaine de Capelude — Domaine de Capelude, Collobrières, France (2020–present) - Technical Director — Château Roubine (until 2020)

Signature

The signature is terroir-driven natural wine, shaped by restrained cellar handling and a vineyard program that favors continuity over correction. At Domaine de Capelude, Pierre Gérin’s choices are oriented toward preservation: letting each lot develop on its own terms, then bottling with minimal interference. The result is a style that relies on control, but does not show it off.

Recognition

At Château Roubine in Lorgues, France, where he formerly held the role of Cellar Master and Oenologist since 2007, and at Domaine de Capelude in Collobrières, France, created in 2020, Pierre Gérin has built a practice around continuity rather than disruption. The recognition here is less about scale than about consistency: a long cellar tenure, a technical background, and a newer project that extends the same method into family land turned vineyard. What defines the work is not flourish, but measured execution.

FAQ What is Pierre Gérin's current role? Pierre Gérin is an independent consultant. Where did Pierre Gérin work before? Earlier in their career, Pierre Gérin worked at Château Roubine. What is Pierre Gérin known for? Terroir-driven natural wines.