Press and Photos — Domaine Clos de Trias

What people have to say about us:

"Even Bakke's wine was a real discovery for me in the think-tank tasting at La Verrière. He ages the 90% Grenache wine for more than six years in 700-litre old casks but there is still so much fruit there! Vines over 70 years old. Grapes are grown in Barroux close to Beaumes-de-Venise in the far north of the Ventoux appellation between 350 and 500 m elevation. Rich and smooth but not at all heavy or dull. Very much alive." Score: 18/20

—Jancis Robinson (On the 2010 Vieilles Vignes)
"Even Bakke is a force of nature... the wines are all delicate and nuanced. The basic Ventoux is insanely juicy — with intriguing wild notes, a little dusty, a lot fascinating."

—Cambridge Wine Merchants
"an incredible value, with spectacular notes of spice-box, kirsch and licorice flowing into a full-bodied, decadently textured red."

—Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate (on the 2009 Ventoux)
"Even is undoubtedly one of the most intuitive winemakers in the world, producing some of the most individual and delicious wines in the Southern Rhône today."

—Gauntleys of Nottingham, British wine merchant
"a wine of secret substance"

— The Irish Times
"The domaine produces pure marvels of the Ventoux appellation... A wine every serious wine lover should taste at least once in their life."

—Wine and Bee (French caviste)
"His style is unique: non-interventionist winemaking is key to his success and he uses the most natural methods possible to make wine on his terms. His releases are rarely linear, but hugely anticipated, resulting in some of the most interesting and individual wines coming out of the Southern Rhône."

—Lay & Wheeler (British wine merchants)
"Even was won over by Triassic soils which enhance minerality. He gives his wines whatever time they need to develop silky, savoury allure."

—Matt Walls, Decanter