L’Eau qui dort

Lempdes-sur-allagnon - Auvergne

L'eau qui dort is the tale of a man and woman. It's the story of Lisa Le Postec and Paul Aublet-Cuvelier. A couple, who make wine individually (watch this space) but also make these vibrant wines together, as a way of experimenting with grape varieties and different soils and climates.

These are wines that are less introspective and more playful than they might be if they had made them on their own.

Lisa is from the Auvergne originally leaving to study Architecture and then Biology in Bordeaux, but turned off by research she morphed into Oenology. Travelling took her to wineries in Oregon, Argentina and New Zealand and then back to France to the Loire and the Beaujolais. Meeting Julien Merle kick starts her interest for natural wine.

She is hooked. Needing perhaps some female company after all this time in the rather male dominated world of wine she heads to Paris where she works as an agent with Fleur Godart.

I met Lisa when she was working with Patrick Bouju a little after that. She is immediately warm and curious so when I found out she was going to make wine I wasn't surprised when the first cuvées I tried were delicious.

Paul is the other half of the equation. Full of energy and self confidence, like Lisa he is captivating to be around. Hailing from Nancy in the Lorraine he came to the Auvergne on holiday every year. He started his career in cooking and then wine service and his interest in wine took him to the Jura and the Loire. He has finally planted wines just round the corner from this place of childhood memories where he holidayed with his family. It's a beautiful place where I regularly head to swim and canoe in the summer so I can understand the attraction, and why he has tirelessly cleared, rebuilt and replanted terraces that have stood idle for over 100 years.

These delicious wines are a taste of promising things to come.