Rié and Hirofumi met while studying oenology in Beaune. After their studies, both went and worked for different winemakers in Burgundy. Rié spent time in Chambolle-Musigny with Frédéric Mugnier of Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier and Dominique Le Guen of Domaine Hudelot-Baillet; and Hirofumi worked in Saint-Romain for Frédéric Cossard of Domaine de Chassorney.

After a few years, the couple finally decided to start making their own wine and began looking outside Burgundy for more affordable vineyards. They eventually found and bought 3.5 hectares of vines from a retiring vigneron in Languedoc-Roussillon. Located in the hills above the seaside town of Collioure, the vineyards is planted with 50 years old Grenache on granite.

The Domaine takes its name from the Catalan “white rocks” in reference to its extraordinary granite terroir.