{"title":"Les Vins Contes","description":"\u003cp\u003eOlivier Lemasson began his career in wine as a sommelier in Brittany. It didn't take long for the gravitational forces of natural wine to take hold. He soon found himself at the winery door of Marcel Lapierre. He spent four consecutive harvests and one full year in the cellar working with the wizard of Gamay who is considered a founding father of the French natural wine movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2002 Olivier decided to set out on his own and thus made the move to Touraine in the Loire Valley. There he founded a small negociant label, Les Vins Contés, purchasing fruit from and making wines alongside Herve Villemade. He set out completely on his own in 2006. It didn't take long before the word got out and today, Olivier’s wines are consumed with wild abandon from Tokyo to New York to Paris. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOlivier may be a négociant, but he is as familiar with the vines and fruit he works with as any grower\/producer. After all, the farmers he works with are amongst his closest friends. All work is done organically and biodynamically, and with the mentoring and encouragement of Olivier, some of them have started to bottle their own wines. Olivier's humble and generous personality has helped to create a tight knit group of extraordinary farmers and vignerons who have helped cement the Loire Valley’s reputation as France's premiere natural wine region. He and those in his orbit in Touraine are producing some of the most exciting wines anywhere in Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years Olivier has acquired his own vines and now farms 7 hectares. This has only helped to focus his already clearly defined wines and the last few vintages have been standouts. His wines are the type of wines we could drink everyday. They are the pinnacle of Vin de Soif, wines made for sharing with friends over a meal, certain to inspire laughter and conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/sf.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/les-vins-contes.oembed","provider":"Flatiron SF","version":"1.0","type":"link"}