Emmanuel is the winemaker, a native son to the region who has been working in the Puy vineyards near the village of Roubia (pop. 812) since he was 9 years old. His helper in the vineyard, winemaking and all things marketing is his lovely Irish wife Leanne. Emmanuel's vines have been in his family since his grandfather left Spain in the 1930s at the age of 20. HIs grandfather started with 4 hectares in a small hamlet called “Les Matelles” and there in 1935 he planted Carignan vines. Emmanuel's father trained as a math and physics teacher, and after teaching for some years Emmanuel’s father returned to Roubia to take over his father's vines which were then passed on to Emmanuel, who has acquired more vines since. Emmanuel and Leanne now have 20 hectares (49 acres). Emmanuel trained at the university of wine in Cahors, where he received his BTSA in Viticulture Oenologie. At age 20 after finishing his studies he began working his own vineyards full time. He began making his own wines under the label “Château Puy”. Over the next 10 years the vineyards were all converted to certified organic vineyards. In 2020 after taking a break from their own label for several years attending to the needs of two small children, Emmanuel and Leanne launched a fully organic line which is called "Vignoble Puy".