Séléné

Sylvère Trichard learned the trade from two leading figures in the natural wine world: the late Dominique Belluard in Savoie and Jean-Claude Lapalu in Beaujolais, considered a true legend of the region. Building on this training, he settled in 2012 in his native village of Blacé, in the heart of Beaujolais, taking over his uncle’s estate—a 4-hectare vineyard planted with Gamay and Chardonnay in the 1950s, which had already been farmed organically since the late 1990s.

Together with his partner Mathilde, he named the estate Séléné, after the Greek goddess of the moon, reflecting the work carried out according to the lunar cycles he learned from his mentors. The couple took this approach a step further by converting the entire vineyard to biodynamic farming and developing a true mixed-farming system around the vines: an orchard, sheep, and a fledgling livestock operation round out the estate’s ecosystem. Since their beginnings, the area under cultivation has grown from 4 to about 10 hectares, thanks in part to a few plots in Brouilly and the occasional purchase of grapes.