Peira Levada
Languedoc · Laurens, Faugères · Biodynamic Certified
Alexandre Durand founded Pèira Levada in Laurens, Faugères in 2018. Six hectares across ten parcels on schist, marble and limestone. Biodynamic farming, no additives, no sulphites. The estate's name is Occitan for 'lifted stone' — after the marble menhirs found on the parcels.
Region
Languedoc
Certification
Biodynamic Certified
Subregion
Laurens, Faugères
Founded
2018
Wines from Peira Levada
Peira Levada winesPachorra 2023
Pachorra is Pèira Levada's Grenache — 100% from 10 days of skin contact on marble terroir in Faugères' eastern parcels. More playful and rounded than Carignan Radical but with the same biodynamic precision and zero additives. "Pachorra" is Spanish for unhurried calm — a wine for relaxation.
kr 148
Otium 2023
Otium is Pèira Levada's most accessible wine — a blend of all the estate's varieties (Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache and Syrah) from ten small parcels in Faugères. Alexandre Durand vinifies without sulphites using native yeasts. Otium is the best entry point into Pèira Levada.
kr 132
Carignan Radical 2022
Carignan Radical is a 100% Carignan from 80-year-old vines on the schist terraces of Faugères — Pèira Levada's argument for a long-misunderstood grape. Alexandre Durand treats Carignan with 90 days of skin maceration and zero additives to reveal what the variety can truly achieve in the right place.
kr 231
About Peira Levada
Alexandre Durand is the son of vignerons in Bergerac but did not find his place in his home region. He chose Faugères instead — a terroir he fell for immediately. In 2018 he founded Pèira Levada in Laurens, a name taken from the marble menhirs that protrude from the ground on some of his parcels ('pèira levada' is Occitan for 'lifted stone'). The estate is 6 hectares spread across ten small parcels around Laurens, on varying soils of schist, marble and limestone. All parcels are farmed biodynamically without synthetic products — insects and microbiological life in the soil are a priority. In the cellar: destemmed grapes are tank-filled by gravity, fermented with indigenous yeasts, no additives and no sulphites. Alexandre's words about his wines: 'energy and vibration.' Pèira Levada is one of the most exciting young estates in Faugères.