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Lauded in the press worldwide — “Avant-garde and staggeringly beautiful” (Le Figaro), “Virtuous architecture” (IDEAT), “A spectacular renovation” (Le Monde), “A new era in viticultural architecture” (The Drinks Business) — Beaucastel stands proud as an unequivocal architectural and environmental statement.
This vision, which is built around innovation, includes a major environmental installation: two huge underground rainwater reservoirs with a capacity of 1,800 m³ that form part of an ingenious natural air-conditioning system in which the air, cooled by the earth and loaded with humidity, regulates the temperature of the wine cellar without consuming any fossil fuels. This pioneering approach is a continuation of the Famille Perrin philosophy which began in the 1950s with organic farming, followed by the adoption of biodynamics in 1974, and which has now been extended to embrace agroforestry, with vines and trees flourishing in perfect harmony.
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