Boiseaumarié Pierre

The French lawyer and wine expert Baron Pierre Marie Gabriel Le Roy Boiseaumarié (1890-1967) was a fighter pilot after studying law in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. In 1919, he married Emma Bernard Le Saint, the heiress of Château Fortia in the southern Rhône. In his new role as vineyard owner, he was confronted with major problems in the Département of Vaucluse. The devastation caused by phylloxera had led to a decline in wine quality. Adulteration with grapes from other regions, such as the Gard department, was the order of the day. As early as 1923, he defined an area that was best suited for viticulture according to his analyses (today one would say: ecological). His criteria were the wild plants thyme and lavender that grow together here. For this area, he determined the grape varieties that are still used today, which are best suited to the soil type and climate. This made him the founder of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation, which was not classified until 1935.

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