Producer
Bernard Coste’s family have occupied this 65-hectare estate near Pézenas since the late seventeenth century, and have specialized in winemaking for more than a hundred years. Bernard himself has managed the domaine for the last twenty-five years, and has made significant investments in both the vineyards and the winery in the pursuit of high quality.
Vineyard
The grapes come from several different plots of gravel/clay, chalk/clay and siliceous soil over a volcanic subsoil, facing south and south-west. The vines are an average of fifteen years old, and the grapes were harvested at night to preserve freshness.
Winery
There is brief skin contact followed by pressing and fermentation at 14-18ºC. No oak is used, and the wine is bottled in the winter following the harvest.
