Winery owners for six generations

Let me introduce myself : Nicolas Hirissou, sixth-generation winemaker at Domaine du Moulin Hirissou in Gaillac, a land where my family has been cultivating vines for over three centuries. Deeply rooted on both banks of the Tarn river, our story is inseparable from this historic vineyard. In 2002, I took over the family estate with one mission: to write the next chapter of its future.

For more than 20 years, I have been shaping, experimenting, succeeding, and failing — always with a single goal: to craft great wines. My family and my two passions inspire me every day. Falconry and Corsica are my guiding lights, leading me toward what I like to call the search for a polyphonic wine — a wine that resonates with harmony, depth, and complexity.

Our Terroirs
The soul of a wine lies in its terroir — the soil and subsoil where the vine takes root. At Domaine du Moulin, I have the privilege of working across both of Gaillac’s emblematic terroirs. Our red grape varieties grow on the gravel soils of the Tarn’s left bank, renowned for powerful, long-lived wines. Our white grape varieties thrive on the clay-limestone slopes of the right bank, producing some of the finest whites of Gaillac.