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February 2022

Jean-Francois Ott

Goûter les couleurs du temps
This big-hearted winegrower runs two remarkable estates in AOC Bandol and one in Côtes de Provence. Fine wines, year after year.

Dans le plein respect de la nature, Jean-François Ott garde le cap des domaines créés par son arrière-grand-père Marcel. © Christophe Grilhe

Au Clos Mireille, près du Fort de Brégançon, la terre argileuse et les embruns marins créent des conditions propices à la naissance de vins subtils.

Domaines Ott: Château Romassan in Castellet, Château de Selle in Taradeau (the first) and Clos Mireille in La Londe-les-Maures produce three rosés, a white and two magnificent reds between them. The Ott family estates share a very special and unique way of working that is still evolving. For 126 years and down four generations, the passion for wine has never dimmed. The family has long foreseen climate change and they are ready for it. “Our terroirs are outstanding and we have the wisdom of long experience.” The secret of the vine is slow pace for longer life. “Watching, analysing, discussing; helping the growing plant to thrive, constantly adapting, concentrating on the vinestock’s survival. Our staff work solely for the quality of the wine and the welfare of the soil,” says Jean-François Ott, manager of the estates. “Vines can defend themselves, but we have to help them cope with rising temperatures. So we are revising our methods.” In Romassan, for example, new varieties from Corsica and Southern Italy, such as Rolle Blanc, are giving greater flexibility. “We are testing, grafting onto new stocks or wild vines that draw water differently. We need new and careful ways of pruning to keep the vine ventilated and the grapes cool by creating natural, beneficial shade and air circulation. So that the grapes can ripen in their own good time. Dealing with the problem of extreme weather is a day to day matter in our trade.”

www.domaines-ott.com

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