Domaine Vitòri

The Estate

History, Values, Passion

Over time

4 generations of winegrowers

Domaine Vitori is a family domain of 25 hectares located in the south-east of France, more exactly in the Var department in Pourrières (83910) at the foot of the Sainte Victoire mountain. The estate is located in the protected geographical area of the Côtes de Provence appellation and the Côtes de Provence Sainte Victoire denomination.

1956 - Creation

Creation of the Silvy cellar by Edouard Silvy

1965 – Installation

Alain Silvy, son of Edouard settles down in his turn

1975 - Cellar construction

Construction of the cellar to accommodate the harvest and that of Emile Bernard then a wine merchant.

1980 - Launch of the sale

Eliette and Alain Silvy, with the idea of Emile Bernard launch the sale of bottles.

1995 - Enlargement

Cathy Silvy, the daughter, settles on 8 more hectares of vines and creates her trading activity

2000 - Sales cellar

Creation by Cathy Silvy and Jean Louis Lang of a sales, storage and office cellar opposite the old cellar (Les Chais Silvy Lang)

2008 - Stopping the activity

End of trading activity and retirement of Alain Silvy, who leases his land to a farmer.

2013 - Recovery

Takeover of the Farm by Cathy Silvy with sale of the fresh harvest to a merchant.

2014 - Installation of Quentin

Installation of Quentin who has been following a BTSA Viticulture Oenology since 2013 with a professionalization contract as well as his very first vineyard plantation on a new land of 0.4 hectares.

2015 - Enlargement

Expansion of the estate with the purchase of 3 hectares of land to be planted

2016 - Responsible culture

Commitments in Agro Environmental Measures (MAEC) with stop of herbicides.

2019 - Sparkling wine

Creation of sparkling wine.

2019 - Organic farming

Commitment to Organic Agriculture

2020 - Certification

High Environmental Value Certification (HVE)

2020 - Creation of Domaine Vitòri

Construction of a new winemaking, storage and sales cellar on the edge of the Nationale 7 by Quentin for the future 2021 harvest.

Our commitment to biodiversity

The estate has always been committed to respecting our environment and biodiversity through its work, using only organic fertilisers, natural products (copper, sulphur, nettle and seaweed purin) and mechanical weeding both in and between the rows. Our work tool is above all the soil and the living organisms around us. We're giving concrete expression to this work by obtaining Organic Farming certification and the AB label in 2022, after several years of working on this voluntary approach, which is full of meaning for us, but without the label.

Geography

The estate is located 20 minutes from Aix en Provence in the upper Arc valley, between Sainte Victoire mountain and Mont Aurélien at an altitude of 280 meters.

Soils

The soils of the upper Arc basin are mainly clay-limestone with some plots with a silty or even sandy tendency.

Weather

The climate of this land is hot and dry characteristic of the Mediterranean climate with an influence of two main winds which are the East wind and the famous Mistral. This limits the development of the main fungal diseases of the vine making this vineyard in Provence one of the most natural vineyards in France.

Grape varieties

Known grape varieties such as Grenache, Cinsault, Carignan, Syrah and Caladoc are found on the estate for the rosés and reds, as well as Rolle, Sémillon and Muscat petit grain for the whites and sparkling wines.