{"id":11544,"date":"2026-07-10T10:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/?p=11544"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:30:07","slug":"clairmont-lesprit-de-famille-qui-bouscule-crozes-hermitage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/?p=11544","title":{"rendered":"Clairmont, l\u2019esprit de famille qui bouscule Crozes-Hermitage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u00c0 Beaumont-Monteux, au c\u0153ur de la Vall\u00e9e du Rh\u00f4ne, Clairmont ne ressemble \u00e0 personne. Ni g\u00e9ant coop\u00e9ratif, ni petit domaine isol\u00e9. Ici, neuf familles cultivent 130 hectares comme on cultive une histoire commune. Et cela change tout. Rencontre avec Michel Galliere, responsable commercial, communication et marketing de Clairmont \u2013 Crozes-Hermitage<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Par Catya Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20210901-10-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20210901-10-1024x624.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20210901-10-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20210901-10-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20210901-10-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20210901-10-1536x935.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20210901-10-2048x1247.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Une coop\u00e9rative\u2026 pas comme les autres<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab<em>\u202fCela ne change pas les vins, mais cela change la fa\u00e7on de les faire<\/em>.\u202f\u00bb La phrase de Michel Galliere r\u00e9sume l\u2019ADN de Clairmont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Derri\u00e8re chaque \u00e9tiquette, neuf familles, plusieurs g\u00e9n\u00e9rations, et une \u00e9quipe salari\u00e9e que l\u2019on appelle volontiers \u00ab<em>\u202fla dixi\u00e8me famille\u202f<\/em>\u00bb. Une structure \u00e0 taille humaine o\u00f9 chacun conna\u00eet chacun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20250918_102622-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20250918_102622-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11550\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7499999831704536;width:232px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20250918_102622-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20250918_102622-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20250918_102622-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20250918_102622-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20250918_102622-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quand une nouvelle famille rejoint l\u2019aventure, elle n\u2019est jamais seule. Beaucoup viennent de l\u2019arboriculture, parfois encore en double, voire triple culture. Ici, l\u2019accompagnement est permanent\u202f: soutien technique, \u00e9changes constants, entraide quotidienne. M\u00eame WhatsApp est devenu un outil viticole. Une tache suspecte sur une feuille\u202f? Une photo partag\u00e9e, un avis collectif, une d\u00e9cision rapide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mais le plus singulier reste ailleurs.<\/strong><br>\u00c0 Clairmont, les vignerons ne livrent pas seulement leurs raisins. Ils vinifient eux-m\u00eames, y compris le dimanche. Lorsque les salari\u00e9s se reposent, les vignerons prennent le relais. Du premier coup de s\u00e9cateur \u00e0 la validation du mill\u00e9sime, ils sont pr\u00e9sents \u00e0 chaque \u00e9tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab<em>\u202fIls produisent, ils vinifient, ils d\u00e9gustent\u2026 et ils vendent.<\/em>\u202f\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salons particuliers, march\u00e9s aux vins, afterworks au domaine\u202f: ce sont eux qui parlent de leurs cuv\u00e9es. Une transversalit\u00e9 rare, presque unique en France. Ici, on ne d\u00e9l\u00e8gue pas l\u2019\u00e2me du vin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Crozes-Hermitage, mais \u00e0 part<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6605-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6605-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6605-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6605-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6605-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6605-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6605-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clairmont, c\u2019est 120 hectares en Crozes-Hermitage, environ 1,5 hectare en Saint-Joseph rouge (avec des plantations en cours), et des IGP Collines Rhodaniennes en rouge, blanc et ros\u00e9 \u2014 avec du chardonnay, du sauvignon et du pinot noir, en plus de la syrah et de la marsanne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un positionnement atypique\u202f:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>plus grand qu\u2019un vigneron ind\u00e9pendant\u202f;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>beaucoup plus petit qu\u2019une cave g\u00e9ante\u202f;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>producteur \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re, sans achat de raisin ni de jus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vendange 2025 difficile en viognier\u202f? \u00ab<em>\u202fOn a fait 9 hectolitres au lieu de 60 ou 70. On n\u2019est pas all\u00e9s en acheter. Cette ann\u00e9e, il n\u2019y aura pas de viognier<\/em>.\u202f\u00bb Voil\u00e0 la diff\u00e9rence\u202f: l\u2019authenticit\u00e9 avant le volume. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Autre choix fort\u202f: <strong>pas de grande distribution<\/strong>. Clairmont privil\u00e9gie le CHR, les cavistes, les particuliers et l\u2019export. Une d\u00e9cision strat\u00e9gique. \u00ab<em>\u202fLe caviste et le restaurateur sont notre plus belle vitrine<\/em>.\u202f\u00bb Entrer en grande distribution fragiliserait cet \u00e9quilibre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>L\u2019expression du terroir, parcelle par parcelle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jardin-Zen-rouge-non-millesime-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jardin-Zen-rouge-non-millesime-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11547\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6669936243256498;width:171px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jardin-Zen-rouge-non-millesime-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jardin-Zen-rouge-non-millesime-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jardin-Zen-rouge-non-millesime-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jardin-Zen-rouge-non-millesime-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jardin-Zen-rouge-non-millesime-1365x2048.png 1365w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jardin-Zen-rouge-non-millesime-scaled.png 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 Clairmont, plus de 130 parcelles sont vendang\u00e9es s\u00e9par\u00e9ment. Deux parcelles situ\u00e9es \u00e0 dix m\u00e8tres l\u2019une de l\u2019autre peuvent \u00eatre r\u00e9colt\u00e9es \u00e0 des dates diff\u00e9rentes. Ce sont les \u0153nologues qui d\u00e9cident. Cela grince parfois. Mais le r\u00e9sultat est l\u00e0\u202f: des vins pr\u00e9cis, identitaires. Certaines cuv\u00e9es expriment un domaine particulier. D\u2019autres sont des assemblages collectifs. Toujours avec la m\u00eame exigence\u202f: traduire le terroir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Horizon-non-millesime-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Horizon-non-millesime-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11548\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6667756302326376;width:207px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Horizon-non-millesime-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Horizon-non-millesime-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Horizon-non-millesime-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Horizon-non-millesime-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Horizon-non-millesime-1366x2048.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Horizon-non-millesime-scaled.png 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parmi les 25 cuv\u00e9es, certaines s\u00e9duisent par leur imm\u00e9diatet\u00e9. Le march\u00e9 \u00e9volue. Les consommateurs recherchent des vins pr\u00eats \u00e0 boire, gourmands, croquants. <strong>Jardin Zen<\/strong> \u2014 la cuv\u00e9e de Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Borja, pr\u00e9sident de Clairmont \u2014 incarne cette tendance\u202f: fruit \u00e9clatant, accessibilit\u00e9, plaisir instantan\u00e9.<br><strong>Horizons<\/strong> s\u00e9duit \u00e9galement par son \u00e9quilibre entre fra\u00eecheur et structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Les notes, l\u2019export et Hong Kong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lorsqu\u2019une cuv\u00e9e re\u00e7oit 92 ou 94 points d\u2019un critique am\u00e9ricain, les courriels affluent. \u00ab<em>\u202fEn France, les notes comptent peu. \u00c0 l\u2019international, c\u2019est d\u00e9cisif<\/em>.\u202f\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clairmont exporte environ 5\u202f% de sa production. L\u2019Angleterre et la Norv\u00e8ge figurent parmi les march\u00e9s les plus dynamiques. Les \u00c9tats-Unis\u202f? Une opportunit\u00e9 stopp\u00e9e net par un changement politique et des taxes douani\u00e8res\u202f: 120\u202f000 bouteilles pr\u00eates \u00e0 partir sont rest\u00e9es en cuve. D\u2019o\u00f9 l\u2019ouverture vers l\u2019Asie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 Vinexpo Hong Kong, Michel Galliere d\u00e9couvre un march\u00e9 exigeant, curieux, immense.<br>\u00ab<em>\u202fM\u00eame 1\u202f% de la Chine, pour nous, c\u2019est consid\u00e9rable<\/em>.\u202f\u00bb Le palais asiatique\u202f? Des vins fruit\u00e9s, capables d\u2019accompagner des cuisines \u00e9pic\u00e9es sans exc\u00e8s de tanins. <strong>Jardin Zen<\/strong> et <strong>Horizons<\/strong> ont particuli\u00e8rement s\u00e9duit. <br>Mais Clairmont ne veut pas seulement vendre. La maison veut accompagner, former, fid\u00e9liser.<br>\u00ab<em>\u202fOn ne peut pas livrer et dispara\u00eetre. Il faut avancer main dans la main<\/em>.\u202f\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Une marque \u00e0 affirmer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clairmont existe depuis plus de cinquante ans. Les vins sont reconnus pour leur qualit\u00e9. Mais la marque doit encore gagner en notori\u00e9t\u00e9 face aux grandes signatures du Rh\u00f4ne. \u00ab<em>\u202fOn n\u2019est pas entre deux eaux. On est \u00e0 notre place. Il faut simplement l\u2019affirmer<\/em>.\u202f\u00bb Communication renforc\u00e9e, visibilit\u00e9 accrue sur les salons internationaux, travail d\u2019image\u202f: la nouvelle direction impulse une dynamique tout en respectant l\u2019h\u00e9ritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6637-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6637-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11554\" style=\"width:313px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6637-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6637-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6637-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6637-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6637-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.traitdunionmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2401-clairmont-levinensemble-\u00a9aurelienbailly-6637-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dans dix ans\u202f?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clairmont peut produire jusqu\u2019\u00e0 800\u202f000 bouteilles. Aujourd\u2019hui, environ 400\u202f000. La croissance est possible \u2014 mais pas \u00e0 n\u2019importe quel prix. \u00ab<em>\u202fPlut\u00f4t que d\u2019aller chercher ces volumes en grande distribution, je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re venir les chercher \u00e0 l\u2019export<\/em>.\u202f\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trois mots pour r\u00e9sumer l\u2019exp\u00e9rience hongkongaise\u202f? <strong>D\u00e9paysant. Int\u00e9ressant. Potentiel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trois mots pour r\u00e9sumer Clairmont\u202f? <strong>Collectif. Exigence. Humanit\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans un monde du vin en pleine mutation, o\u00f9 l\u2019industrialisation gagne du terrain, Clairmont d\u00e9montre qu\u2019il est possible d\u2019\u00eatre structur\u00e9 sans perdre son \u00e2me. Ici, le vin n\u2019est pas seulement un produit.<br>C\u2019est une aventure familiale, partag\u00e9e, profond\u00e9ment vivante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Informations\u00a0:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairmont.fr\">ICI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c0 Beaumont-Monteux, au c\u0153ur de la Vall\u00e9e du Rh\u00f4ne, Clairmont ne ressemble \u00e0 personne. 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