Schist and Beyond: Peira Levada

Bergerac native Alexandre Durand has taken up the challenge of exploring Faugères' overlooked marble and clay terroirs east of Laurens.

Durand in the old-vine cinsault parcel that inspired his estate name.

The son of Bergerac vignerons, Alexandre Durand moved to Faugères with his girlfriend and collaborator Sybil Baldassarre in 2013, planning to manage an estate together. Baldassarre wound up creating her own estate in 2016, La Graine Sauvage, and Durand did the same two years later, cre…