Lamy-Caillat is a freshly new domaine but its creator is not a “rookie”. Sébastien Caillat, a civil engineer by training, is the son-in-law of René Lamy and is also the winemaker for Domaine René Lamy-Pillot. He and his wife Florence created Domaine Lamy-Caillat when they took over the vines and cellars of an elderly neighbour. With Lamy Caillat Sébastien wanted to attempt something more artisanal and minimally processed than what he does at Lamy-Pillot. The winemaking approach at Domaine Lamy-Caillat is thus very different.
Sébastien uses an old mechanical press and then transfer the juice into barrels for alcoholic and malolactic fermentation. After 2013 vintage Sébastien started to implement longer maturation, spending around 28 month on lees. Starting in wood barrels and finishing the last six months in stainless steel. Sébastien might sometimes fine his wines but never filter them. He pays strong attention to detail, using unbleached corks and sealing all his bottles with a first layer of wax. He would also put a more esthetical wax when labelling bottles.
