Domaine de l'Anglore is a name that speaks to any self-respecting natural wine lover!
The estate founded by Marie and Eric Pfifferling extends over approximately 18 hectares of vines, in Tavel in the Gard. All the vines are cultivated organically and the wines produced by L'Anglore are distinguished by their precision, their authenticity and their gourmet character. Eric Pfifferling is praised by the entire living wine community for his ability to infuse his wines with rare emotional depth and aromatic subtlety.
Anglore wines are often referred to as "southern Beaujolais" due to their fruity, taut and fresh character, despite being in the southern Rhône region. However, these wines are not just light; they possess substantial depth. Eric Pfifferling is a strong advocate of natural wine, which is reflected in his winemaking practices.
Initially, Eric was a beekeeper-winekeeper, active within a wine cooperative. The loss of his beehives and grape harvest during the devastating storms of 2002 marked a turning point in his career. He decided to leave the Tavel cooperative to devote himself entirely to his own domain: Anglore. He banned chemical treatments, favoring a biodynamic approach to viticulture, while seeking to maintain the balance between "weeds" and the vines. Three types of terroir coexist in Tavel: rolled pebbles, slate and sand.
Eric and his wife, Marie, are the historic artisans of the estate. They prioritize the care given to soils and plants. The harvest is manual, and the grapes are treated with the greatest respect. Vinification takes place in whole clusters, by carbonic maceration, without the addition of exogenous yeasts. The wines are neither filtered nor mechanically pumped, in order to preserve their authenticity and liveliness. These characteristics make Anglore wines unique and far from the standard standards defined by appellation bodies.
Eric Pfifferling is a pioneer who has influenced many other winegrowers around the world. His estate is a family business where his sons, Thibaud and Joris, naturally embraced the philosophy of the house. And the two sons do not hesitate to develop the estate's practices to push the quality of the wines even further. Single-plot vintages, long aging on lees then in bottle... a new page for the Anglore estate!