Labadens – Rhone valley

After working with many excellent vignerons, both for vinification and commercial affairs, and having a viticulture background and passion for making wine, it was only natural for Fanny Breuil to create her own negoce, Labadens.

“Labadens” means “companion, classmate”. Fanny Breuil and Thomas Oui are friends who met in Toulouse at the Agronomy school. For them, it is also a story of friendship, they often tasted together, exchanged a lot about wine and one day decided to make wine together.

The adventure began in 2010 with the production of red Ventoux and soon after white Vacqueyras, two wines that bear their name.

Today, Thomas works with the partner winemakers and follows the vinifications while Fanny is in charge of promoting the cuvées in France and abroad.

They work with organic wines. They source the wines from the best places, make their selection and then blend and age them. They share a communal passion for high end wines with a strong wine identity linked to their terroir. The relationship is based on fair-trade market, meaning the price is fixed by the producer depending on his production cost. This allows them to work with the best quality.