Pascal Jamet

Catherine & Pascal Jamet have established their successful winery in a very short space of time. After graduating from oenological studies in Beaune in 1990, Pascal then spent a couple of years as a wine technician in Lyon. In 1994 he started to plant his own vines on family land in Saint Joseph, starting with some Roussanne.

After restoring and renovating a run-down building in the centre of Arras, Pascal and Catherine continued to plant vines on unadulterated land. And a new purpose-built cellar was constructed across the road in 2008. Pascal’s passion is for cultivating lesser-known traditional varieties such as Bia (white) and Dureza (red), although they do not make enough to sell yet, these are for friends and family. As temperatures rise these could be two varieties to look out for in the future. They are now fully organic and have 8 ha in total, vineyard holdings have reduced a little recently as they weren’t conducive to organic methods. Pascal says he would rather have less vines of a higher quality. Their style is for wines that are soft with chunky fruit for early drinking.