Pinard et Filles

Canada

Aug 20

Pinard et Filles

Pioneering a bright-eyed wine crusade within the extreme terroir of Quebéc, husband and wife Frédéric Simon and Catherine Bélanger tend to their 2.2 hectare winery with resolute sincerity and an evolving sense of place.

Discovery drives the work that they do here, embodied by the relatively new plantings of vitis vinifera such as Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Gamay, Cabernet Franc, Dornfelder, Chardonnay, Riesling, and Savagnin (uncommon in the area due to arduous growing conditions). Frédéric and Catherine farm organically, and make minimal alterations in the cellar; both of these choices invite myriad challenges in the face of winter’s extreme cold, and spring’s inevitable frosts. Still, they work determinedly – harvesting by hand, leaving their wines unfined and unfiltered, adding only minimal sulfur where necessary.

Though experimentation is well underway with the aforementioned varietals, production at Pinard et Filles is quite limited and circulates mainly within the local market. Over the years, however, an increasing number of their cuvées have made the short journey over the border, much to our delight.

Frédéric enlists renowned Canadian artist and novelist Marc Séguin to imagine custom labels for each of his wines. A painter himself, Frédéric has long collected Séguin’s pieces in his home, since his earlier days co-owning the restaurant Les Cons Servent and operating a wine importing business. That was all before he sold nearly everything he owned and began working toward the vision and love affair that is Pinard et Filles.

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