Domaine Houchart
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Domaine Houchart
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Today, Domaine Houchart still has the 90 hectares of vines, situated at Puyloubier, at the foot of the famed montagne Sainte Victoire, 25 kms east of Aix-en-Provence. Since 1984, these wines have been commercialized by Vignobles Jérôme Quiot. Concern for the environment has meant that we have retain a number of copses containing umbrella pines, almond and olive trees, broom and many species of aromatic plants such as thyme and rosemary. Domaine Houchart produces about 390 000 bottles (32 500 cases) of Côtes de Provence & Sainte Victoire and 26 000 bottles (2 150 cases) of Vin de Pays Syrah-Cabrenet.
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Domaine Houchart is today owned by Geneviève, the wife of Jérôme
Quiot, having been originally acquired by her grand-father. During the period
the 1850's, Aurélien Houchart was an energic proprietor and
negociant in wine, and created one of the largest domain in Provence. This
domain has been farmed since Roman times, when it must have been a
"Villa", patrician home of the period, some distance away from the
"Via Aurelia". Amongst the friends of Aurélien Houchart was the famous painter Paul
Cézanne,
who frequently came to visit. They both remembered their school memories.