Our estate is in Languedoc in appellation Minervois la Livinière
: L'Oustal Blanc.
We produce very interesting wines based on an original concept for the Minervois,
the vineyard is constitutes of 11ha70 with 1ha20 in Saint Chinian and the rest
of the property is in Minervois and Minervois La Livinière.
Our viticulture is respectful of our ground and our environment and we do several crossed plowing between the vines (85% of the vines are pruned in "Gobelet"), no use of chemical products for weeding, limited treatment based on "Bordeaux mixture" spayed with a "quad motorbike" to limit compression of the earth.
All our vines are typical Mediterranean grapes, 100 years old Carignan, Black and Grey Grenache planted in 1957, pruning in traditional "Gobelet", perfectly adapted to our climate, etc.
The harvest is done in cases of 12 kg, put immediately in a cold chamber during 24 hours before being severely sorted on two sorting tables, berry by berry! This sorting is done before and after destemming.
The vinification is done in cylinder concrete tanks of 500 liters open to able the daily punching of the cap and release of the vat.
The black Grenache are vinified in small 6 hl vats in oak and we generally do the alcohol and the malo-lactic fermentations under the skins.
35 to 60 days of macerations will be done depending on the tasting.