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Until 1789 (the onset of the French Revolution)
the Domaine of Bousquette belonged to the Abbey of Fontcaude. After
the Revolution and the expropriation of the Church properties it was
then acquired by Sieur Moustelou de Cessenon. He was the first
of a long succession of wine-makers. The family Fabre-Ginoulhac
owned the property until 1996; but already in 1972 they began to
follow the principles of the "Nature and Progress"
approach to vine cultivation. Since then the Domaine has been
certified by Ecocert as a "biological culture" vineyard, using
neither chemical fertilizers, nor weed-killers or
pesticides.

In 1996,
Eric and Isabelle Perret, a young Swiss couple, fell in love with
the area and the vineyard and purchased it. They too were totally
convinced of the great value of biological farming and since they
took over Château Bousquette, they have continually restructured and
improved all aspects of the property - always aiming at producing
even better biologically grown wines.

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