Domaine Finot
Domaine Finot is a bi-national viticultural bridge between the French Alps and Virginia’s Blue Ridge. Winemaker Matthieu Finot brings a "garagiste" soul to Turk Mountain Vineyards, championing minimalist intervention: natural yeasts, no added SO2, and sustainable farming. By blending Old World heritage with Monticello terroir, they craft honest, small-batch wines. It’s lo-fi, vineyard focus winemaking that lets the Virginia soil speak with a French accent.
Featured wines:
2024 Malbec
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98% Malbec, 2% Merlot
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Alcohol: 12%
Carbonic maceration - Wild yeast - No sulfur added –
Glou glou - Juicy - Low tannin - Young
2024 Pet Nat
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100% Petit Verdot
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Alcohol: 12.5%
Direct Press - Wild yeast - No sulfur added – Bottled during Fermentation - Disgorged -
Bubbles – Red Fruit - Quince - Fun
2023 Cabernet Franc
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97% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot
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Alcohol: 14.3%
Whole cluster fermentation - Wild yeast - No sulfur added -
Spices - Savory - layers
2021 Petit Verdot
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100% Petit Verdot
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Alcohol: 13%
Whole cluster fermentation - Wild yeast - No sulfur added –
Volume - Structure - Evolved
Meet the winemaker:
Matthieu Finot
Matthieu Finot arrived in the United States from his native France in 2003, the same year that fellow Frenchman, Gilbert Tallard, established his five acres vineyards in Afton, Virginia. What started as a friendship between two compatriots, has grown over time with a mutual passion for wine and a complimentary exchange of expertise and knowledge between them.
Starting in 2016, Matthieu has been managing the vineyard, with the goal of crafting wines that reflect their terroir and the beauty of classically simple winemaking techniques, thus carrying on the inspiration of Gilbert’s initial philosophy. After a few years of experimentation, Matthieu’s inauguralvintage, 2019, was bottled under the Domaine Finot / Turk Mountain Vineyards label.