{"id":794,"date":"2021-11-26T11:31:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T10:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bachellery.com\/notre-histoire\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T16:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T15:19:39","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bachellery.com\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1641570976465{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Our story, vineyards and men” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:60px|text_align:center|color:%232d2d2d|line_height:65px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1641572382587{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1641570390847{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”In the South of France, in the heart of the Languedoc , the estate of BACHELLERY spreads along the ancient Via Domitia, facing the Mediterranean sea. The region of Beziers has been an area of country civilization since antiquity, producing wheat, vine and olive trees” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25px|text_align:left|color:%230f0c0c|line_height:30px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”838″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”right” el_class=”bg-half-right” css=”.vc_custom_1641570628863{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1641570395915{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”836″ img_size=”medium” el_class=”bg-half-left”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1641568989951{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”On the early 80\u2019s the Domaine was bought by the JULIENS, a family who counts five generations of winegrowers. For over 25 years now, Bernard JULIEN has been ruling the estate, renewing the vineyard and vinifying his \u201ccuv\u00e9es\u201d by himself. From 2005, Yannick Julien is in charge of the winemaking of the wines of the estate and Brice Julien of the commercial part of the farm, the two of them perpetuate the fifth line of winemakers in the family…” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25px|text_align:left|color:%230f0c0c|line_height:30px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1641570400519{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”A bit of history” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:60px|text_align:left|color:%232d2d2d|line_height:65px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1641572472518{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”The Domaine of BACHELLERY is a very old estate, listed in the City\u2019s records since the Middle Ages. Jacques de Bachelier, the President of the Royal Court of Justice of B\u00e9ziers, settled with his family in 1548 in this beautiful \u201cbastide\u201d of the XVth Century and gave his name to the Domaine. Later, BACHELLERY became the property of the powerful Priory of Cassan.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25px|text_align:left|color:%230f0c0c|line_height:30px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”834″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”right” css=”.vc_custom_1641570703504{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}” el_class=”bg-half-right”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1641570411316{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”850″ img_size=”medium” el_class=”bg-half-left”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1641568989951{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”It belonged to the Church until the French Revolution, then was bought by rich families of the region. The Domaine built up the reputation of its wines throughout the times. As an anecdote, in the XIXth Century, the Proven\u00e7al poet Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Mistral, when he came to B\u00e9ziers, used to stay at Bachellery\u2019s and specially appreciated the Tokay wine of the Domaine. He wrote quite a nice poem painting Bachellery\u2019s wine as \u201cun beau et fringant jeune homme\u201d (a pleasant and dashing young man)\u2026” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25px|text_align:left|color:%230f0c0c|line_height:30px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1641570496625{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”THE CLIMATE” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:60px|text_align:left|color:%232d2d2d|line_height:65px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1641572523824{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”B\u00e9ziers\u2019 area is one of the driest in the Languedoc Roussillon, spreading along the foothills of the Massif Central and so exposed to winds of different origins, like the Tramontane coming down from the North West, which is very dry and sometimes a quite violent wind, and a wind coming from the South-East, carrying stormy rainfalls in the average rainfall here reaches 450 to 550 mm a year.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25px|text_align:left|color:%230f0c0c|line_height:30px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”844″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”right” el_class=”bg-half-right” css=”.vc_custom_1641570717236{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1641570421251{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”848″ img_size=”medium” el_class=”bg-half-left”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1641568989951{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”THE TERROIR” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:60px|text_align:left|color:%232d2d2d|line_height:65px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1641572551972{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”B\u00e9ziers is located on the first hills, 70-meter high, parallel with the coast, on Quaternary terraces. This is a clayey and chalky \u201cterroir\u201d, with a lot of pebbles and even stones some times. This type of soil is distinctive of many \u201cgrands crus\u201d of the Languedoc Roussillon as it is the most qualitative and a request for classifying B\u00e9ziers\u2019 area as an A.O.P. zone has been stated for over twenty years now.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25px|text_align:left|color:%230f0c0c|line_height:30px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1641570426298{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”The Vineyard” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:60px|text_align:left|color:%232d2d2d|line_height:65px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1641572567698{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”For two decades now, Bernard JULIEN has been planting about twenty different grape varieties, five of which with an exceptional agreement of the Ministry of Agriculture. This diversity makes Bachellery\u2019s vineyard a French peculiarity.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25px|text_align:left|color:%230f0c0c|line_height:30px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”846″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”right” el_class=”bg-half-right” css=”.vc_custom_1641570746112{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1641570430509{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”840″ img_size=”medium” el_class=”bg-half-left”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1641568989951{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”The varieties” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:60px|text_align:left|color:%232d2d2d|line_height:65px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1641572606293{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cinsault, Egiodola, Gewurztraminer, Grenache, Malbec, Marsanne, Merlot, Muscat d\u2019Alexandrie, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Roussanne, Sauvignon blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo \u2026” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25px|text_align:left|color:%230f0c0c|line_height:30px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1641570434765{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Our wines” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:60px|text_align:left|color:%232d2d2d|line_height:65px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1641572615535{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”The red wines here are excellent, very rich and concentrated, and they offer natural potential and characters of long ageing. Elegant and fine white wines, fruity and crispy rose wines make the BACHELLERY\u2019s range a complete offer. The wines are vinified with the greatest care, so as to preserve the aromas\u2019 freshness. The ageing of the wines is achieved into modern tanks or merrain-oak barrels.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:25px|text_align:left|color:%230f0c0c|line_height:30px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”842″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”right” el_class=”bg-half-right”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1102″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” type=”vc_default” css=”.vc_custom_1641571264267{margin-top: 80px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;background-color: #131313 !important;}” el_id=”contact”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1460570299912{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”CONTACT” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:70|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn”][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-10 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-10 vc_col-sm-offset-0″ css=”.vc_custom_1461332951646{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1461332837092{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”]

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Route de Bessan<\/h3><\/div>
34500 B\u00e9ziers<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1461332842664{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”]
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Phone number<\/h3><\/div>
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E-mail<\/h3><\/div>
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