With the sun, aperitifs are back on the terraces, and rosé wine is out. That of the Brulhois winegrowers will also be honored this weekend for the “Spring of Brulhois”, organized by the wine group.
The Brulhois winegrowers were born in 2002 from the merger between the cooperative cellar of Donzac (Tarn-et-Garonne) and that of Layrac (Lot-et-Garonne). The group produces red, white and rosé wines, with different grape varieties: Merlot, Cabernet franc, Tannat, but also Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Fer servadou, and Abouriou “which is a very local grape variety from the Garonne valley“says Christian Guérin, the director of Les Vignerons du Brulhois.
But in terms of products, it is of course rosé wine that the group has been focusing on for a few years now, recalls Christian Guérin: “more than 50% of our wines are rosé, dry or sweet. In particular the Grain d’Amour, which is a product based on Muscat which is sweet, and which is a product that we have been making since the 2000s“.
With the drop in consumption in France, the future is in export
All wines combined, the Vignerons du Brulhois produce between 8,000 and 10,000 hectoliters per year. But the director obviously wonders about the future, with a drop in wine consumption which has been regular in France since the 2000s. It was around fifty liters per year per person, it is 38 today.
The Tarn-et-Garonne group is therefore now focusing on the international market. “Quebec is our biggest export market“says Christian Guérin, who indicates that tastes are very different depending on the country. Quebecers favor traditional products in AOC, reds and rosés, Belgium chooses rather sweet wines Grain of love type. “Each market has its own specificity and demand,” judges Christian Guérin.