The domain

The Domaine consists of 11ha (27acres) of vines planted on a variety of slopes between 80 and 150m above sea level. The soil type is called Aalenien and it originated in the Jurassic period. It is unique to the Languedoc, being made up of quartz, schist, granite and marl.

Our vines are treated with great care. The dry and windy Mediterranean climate means that treatments can be kept to a minimum. No herbicides or pesticides are used in the vineyard. We control the weeds by ploughing the soil, strimming or hoeing and in winter flocks of local sheep graze under the vines. This philosophy helps to promote live soils where all of the organisms live in symbiosis with one another. Removing one link of these organisms in the cycle would lead to an unbalanced soil, much like driving a car with a flat tire.

In the cellar we pump the wine as little as possible, using gravity as much as we can. The grapes are all hand-picked into small containers and arrive at the cellar in optimum condition. They are fermented in modern unlined concrete tanks or oak barrels for a small percentage of our white and red wine. The wines are aged in new and old oak barrels of 225, 300 and 500 litres capacity, as well as in concrete tank.

Our red varieties syrah, grenache noir, mourvèdre and cabernet sauvignon. The white wine is made from grenache blanc, marsanne and roussanne. We keep our yields low and produce limited quantities of each wine.