Vines and Vineyard
An outstanding terroir at the foot of the plateau du Larzac
Originally covering 14 hectares, my vineyards now consists of some 20 hectares of land more or less equally divided between five communes ( Jonquières, St André, Lagamas, St Saturnin and Montpeyroux ). This means that we can benefit from a wide variety of micro-climates and types of soil - which can be exceedingly useful in difficult years…
The terroirs are ideal, enabling vines to grow and flourish : arid, stony soil on the limestone foothills of the Larzac plateau, cold winters and hot summers emerging from cool weather in spring and autumn.
Among the outstanding characteristics of our climate are the strong, gusty north-west winds which blow in the spring and early summer. The Tramontane, as the wind is called, is hugely beneficial to the vines: its cooling, fresh influence helps fight off diseases (particularly mildew, a vine’s worst enemy). This means we can reduce our organic treatments to a minimum…
Another, summer, wind – the Marin – blows in from the sea. Contrary to the Tramontane, its humidity is welcome during periods of intense heat…
Healthy grapes from healthy vines and soils !
We follow organic principles throughout the whole vineyard, this means maintaining the soil’s quality by ploughing; we never fall back to herbicides and absolutely exclude all synthetic chemical products. And to ensure that our clients can trust us absolutely, we have chosen to be supervised by the independent body ECOCERT and a Demeter certificate is being processed.
In addition, we never use manure or fertilizers, obviously not chemical, but even organic. We believe that vines should rely for their nourishment on the natural minerals in the soil, which obviously leads to lower yields !
