Bara Gwin
Bread and wine in Breton: hence the word “baragwiner”. A wine for simple moments and everyday meals.
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Château Coupe-Roses
A site of relatively intact Ventenac lacustrine limestone, resting on a bedrock of blue limestone.
Causse de Graniès
At the first fold of the plains towards the Montagne Noire, this transition zone is home to our Syrah plots.
01 · In Balance
Between Two Climates
Graniès is a limestone plateau of Agel lacustrine limestone, on the hill facing La Caunette. It marks a transition between the open plain stretching south towards Azillanet and Cesseras, and the valley of La Caunette and Minerve as it rises towards the Montagne Noire. Its position gives it climatic influences different from those of La Caunette, even though the village lies only 1.5 kilometres away as the crow flies.
Blocked by this hill, rain clouds tend to slide towards the plain as they approach the Causse de La Caunette, generously watering the Graniès plateau. Average temperatures are also lower than in La Caunette, as our weather stations show every day.
02 · Water
A Terroir That Only Appears Dry
The position of the Graniès plateau allows it to receive more of the scarce rainfall. Here too, the readings from our vineyard weather stations leave no doubt: this plateau gets more rain, and the difference is visible in the vines. We have planted only Syrah here. We removed the Syrah formerly grown on the La Caunette plateau, where the soil was too shallow and moisture too scarce.
At Graniès, by contrast, Syrah flourishes and produces beautiful bunches. It seems that underground water flows beneath the limestone layers, allowing the vines to keep growing even in summer. This is a vivid example of the importance of matching grape variety to terroir.
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An introduction to our land. A blend of all our terroirs, offering a snapshot of the estate as a whole.