The estate was created from scratch in 1989, at the instigation of François Villard, still at its head to this day.

A cook by training, François Villard developed a passion for wine at the age of 20. Not knowing how to enter the world of wine, he completed a year of Professional Certificate in sommellerie at Tain l'Hermitage. The meetings were decisive and gave him the desire to become a winegrower.

Subsequently, he enrolled in Davayé, with a view to obtaining the Professional Agricultural Certificate, option in viticulture and oenology.

At the same time, he began to acquire his first wasteland in the town of St Michel in the Condrieu appellation. The first vine was planted in the spring of 1989, as soon as it obtained its patent. The first Condrieu was produced in 1991 and the first 400 bottles were released in the fall of 1992.

Products:
Francois Villard Mairlant Saint-Joseph Mairlant Blanc 2019
Francois Villard Condrieu Les Terrasses du Palat 2019
François Villard l'Appel des Sereines Syrah 2019 Fran ois Villard
François Villard Crozes-Hermitage Certitude 2018
François Villard St. Jospeh Mairlant Rouge 2018
François Villard Jouvet Cornas 2019
François Villard Le Gallet Blanc Côte-Rôtie 2019

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