Our Project
Mundo Revés is a project focused on terroir-driven, low-intervention wines, started by two French winemakers who arrived in Argentina in 2007.
They both discovered in Argentina a viticulture and a style of wine very different from what they were used to in France. They found in the Argentinian terroir a huge potential and felt there was a great opportunity to accomplish their dream (Revés sounds like “rêves”, dreams in French) in such a fantastic country.
After working for several years in different wineries and traveling along all the vineyards of Mendoza, they decided to focus on the Uco Valley and to make their own wines there. They spotted magnificent places (Altamira, Cepillo, Chacayes and Gualtallary, among others) to make special wines out of grapes like Bonarda, Cabernet Franc, Semillón, Sauvignon Blanc, Criolla and obviously, Malbec.
Both trained at oenology universities in France, and after many years making wines in different parts of the world, they followed a path towards a less interventionist, less university-trained, more spontaneous and natural oenology. Gradually, they reduced the use of oenological products until none were used at all.
They use the properties of the lees, the skins (whites in skin contact), stems (reds without sulfites) and natural acidity to protect the wines and accompany them in their aging and evolution. This oenology without oenological products requires more attention, for a better understanding of the wine and its grapes, so as to be closer to the genuine expression of the terroir.
The FrenchWinemakers
Both winemakers, Quentin Pommier and Thibault Lepoutre, were born and studied in France and came to Argentina after having done some vintages in different countries.
Quentin Pommier
Quentin Pommier was born in 1981 in France. He discovered wine in his childhood through his grandfather, who had always made his own wine.
After studying in wine regions such as Bordeaux and Burgundy, he graduated in oenology at the University of Montpellier (Languedoc). He then decided to explore and work in wine regions all over the world, from Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France, to New Zealand, via Priorat in Spain. Finally, in 2007, he settled down in Mendoza, Argentina, where he started making the Mundo Revés wines in 2009.
Thibault Lepoutre
Thibault Lepoutre was born in 1984 in France. He studied agronomy in northern France and then went to ENSAM (Montpellier), where he graduated in agronomy and oenology.
After a few vintages in France (Bordeaux and Champagne), he worked two years in Ukraine, and a year and a half in southern Brazil and Portugal (Douro). He came to Argentina in 2012 to work at Piedra Negra (130 ha), François Lurton's estate in Chacayes, and after a few years became the winery's director. His management focused on converting the whole estate to organic agriculture, adding biodynamic practices. He also actively participated in the creation of the G.I. Los Chacayes, one of the very first and most prestigious appellations in Mendoza. Since 2017 he has also been in charge of Hacienda Araucano (Chile, 26 biodynamic ha). When he met Quentin in 2012, they decided to work together on Mundo Revés.
