A wine is a place, captured at a moment in time.
We do not recreate it. We preserve it. Patience does the rest.
My wines, delivered anywhere in Switzerland, or to collect in Lausanne, Chexbres or Gstaad.
Celler Laurona, founded in 1999 by René Barbier · Wine Spectator Top 100 in 2002 · run since 2018 by Fiona Fischer
Welcome to my home.
I am Swiss. In 2014, I left Switzerland for La Figuera, a village of old vines in the Montsant, and fell in love with this land. There I learnt to tend the vines alongside René Barbier. In 2018, he entrusted his estate to me.
I kept his old vines and his wines for ageing. With Galilea by Fiona, I added my own voice: wines tied to a particular place. Here I tell you about the years behind each bottle, and every gift can be sent with a card carrying your message.
“Nature speaks, I translate.”
We are not selling a vintage. We are opening a library.
From Cronos 2007 to Pythagora 2020, every bottle carries the date of its harvest and the years it has spent in our cellar. We have carried the cellar time for you. Take a bottle from the shelf.
Swipe to stroll along the shelves. The Laurona library, as an illustration.
Take a bottle from the shelf to read its card.
Start with Mític 2016, the most open today. Open 2014 alongside, and taste what two more years do to the same wine.
To open this winter
Pythagora 2020
The geometry of Grenache.
94 points IWSC
Nautilea 2017
The wine that looks out to sea.
IWSA Gold Medal
From summit to shore
Pythagora comes from the high slopes of La Figuera, the village where it all began for me. Nautilea comes from Maimó, near Darmós, at 120 m above sea level, on the lower slope facing the Mediterranean.
The diversity of the Montsant’s terroirs
The Montsant encircles the Priorat like a ring: villages, altitudes and soils that differ greatly within a few kilometres of one another. Each vineyard brings its own voice to the blends.
The soils
Limestone, clay, granite and slate: from one plot to the next, the soil changes, and the wine changes with it.
The altitudes
From the high slopes of La Figuera down to Maimó, at 120 m: the same Grenache becomes tension or sunshine.
The villages
La Figuera, Darmós, Falset and other villages: each has its own character, and we age them separately.
The sea and the mountains
The Montsant range to the north, the Mediterranean to the south: the freshness of the heights and the warmth of the sea in a single glass.
A legacy, and my voice
Collection Legacy
The wines of the estate founded in 1999 by René Barbier: Mític, Cronos, Plini and Blanc de Laurona. Wines for laying down, which we have waited on for you.
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Collection Heart
My very own wines. A place, a story, an expression: Pythagora, Nautilea, L’Irrésistible, Super Nova.
View the collectionLe Miroir du Temps
Four magnums of Laurona, from René Barbier’s cellar to mine: 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2011. Kept at the estate since their harvest, brought together in a wooden case, signed by my hand. Only four exist.
Hand-delivered or carefully shipped, by appointment. The library magnums are also available individually, from CHF 139.– to 249.–: ask for the list.
News from the vineyard and the cellar.
I share the harvests, new vintage releases and invitations to Lausanne with those who follow us. Membership is free. I read every request.
Request my accessTop 100 Wine Spectator
Laurona 2000, three years after the estate was founded.
Four seasons of Mític
Four deliveries over the year, in January, April, July and October, and each season a different vintage of Mític, kept in our library. A vertical that unfolds through the year, delivered to the person of your choice. The first delivery goes out with a card bearing your message.
Four vintages · free delivery within Switzerland. Enter the name and address of the person you are giving it to at checkout.
Give a story
A vertical of Mític, three wines from the library, or a magnum: the Christmas gifts are ready. Each gift can be sent with a card carrying your message.
Gift ideasLetters from the cellar
A few letters a year, written by me from the vineyard: the harvest, the opening of a vintage, an invitation. Never any advertising.