LUCAS MADONIA - VALAIS
Lucas Madonias bottles have managed to garner quite a bit of attention already, and we'd be surprised if the Instagram afficionados among our followers haven't already seen these once or twice in their feed.
Lucas begun his winemaking endeavours in Bourgogne as he was born in Dijon, and made his marks at the Domaine de la Cras with Marc Soyard. Receiving enormous acknowledgements of his skill, he'd be managing quite the prestigious domaine at this very moment, had it not been for his prefence in wine lying elsewhere. Seeking to work with terroir different from Bourgogne, he found his way to the always beloved Tony Bornard in Jura, honing his craft and taking in a region which everyone can appreciate no doubt.
While on a roadtrip going through Switzerland, he parked vis van in Valais, admiring the terraced, necessarily manually harvested vineyards of the steep alps, and fell in love with the idea of settling in a climate which garnered managing hereditary of natures own will.
The young talent lets his Burgundian origins show in exclusively producing wines from single plots, and with a thorough understanding of the soil he works. He's very knowledgable and inquisitive of the composition of what lies below, as he recognizes it's importance in the expression of his craft. Currently, most of his parcels are situated on schist and limestone, with some bearing larger volumes of loess and quartz. Uniquely, Lucas' cuvée known as "Chèrouche" consists of grapes from vines situated within one of the renowned Chèrouche family's parcels, who've become a close relation to him, ever since settling in Switzerland.
The fact that his wines have reached a sought-after status, while stemming from the hands a winemaker younger than everyone at the store, is truly a testament to his generational talent. At just 26 years old he's wowed us not just with his smile, enthusiasm and generosity, but an overwhelming understanding of the machinations of his own work, and what it takes to make truly impressive, and soaring levels of living wine.
