Deux Roches (Collovray et Terrier)

About Deux Roches (Collovray et Terrier)

Our story is like a quartet theme: two friends who married twos sisters: Christian and Brigitte Collovray and Jean-Luc and Florence Terrier. Springing from our friendship and our common passion for wine, we have together over 30 years, forged a unique bond between Burgundy and Languedoc.
Deux Roches is located in Maconnais, in the heart of AOP Saint-Veran and Pouilly-Fuissé between the majestic rocks of Solutre and Vergisson.
Altugnac is in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where the vines grow amidst garrigue and woodland, where the days are sun-filled and the nights are cool, and the Atlantic and the Mediterranean winds meet, cooling and purifying the grapes.

Representative Biography

Romain Bourgeois, Export Sales Manager

Born and raised in Burgundy, Romain has developed his passion for the world of wine in his twenties and definitively joined the industry at aged 28. After he worked in different vineyards and cellars in Burgundy, he spent two years abroad on a French island off Newfoundland and in Oregon both selling and making wine.
Romain came back in 2018 to become brand ambassador for the Collovray & Terrier family-run wineries. Specializing in the US and Canadian markets, the I4C celebration is a great opportunity for Romain to share his passion for cool climate Chardonnay.

Why We're Cool

The Macon region is renowned for its deep and active limestone originating from the two rocks of Solutré and Vergisson both culminating at 500 meters, giving the wines their great balance of minerality and fresh crispiness.
Burgundy weather is perfect for Chardonnay with sufficient amount of rain in spring and high temperature gaps during day and night in summer season, which is perfect for the maturation of the grapes.
The winemaking process follows the Burgundy tradition with a slow and gentle pressing, a cool clarification of the juice before alcohol and malolactic fermentation in oak barrels or stainless steel tanks.
The wines age on their thin lees until the next spring and can be stirred depending on the vintage.
We never use more than 15 % of new barrels as we only want the oak to bring some structure and texture to the wines rather than oaky notes that would break our cool climate Chardonnay profile.