Domaine de la Grange des Pères

A great white wine from three different grapes. Tasted blindly, one might think he or she is in Burgundy, but it is really Languedoc. The production of this wine is limited.

Appellation IGP Pays de l'Herault

Grape variety chardonnay, roussanne, marsanne

Style Rich & Round

Format 750 ml

On allocation

The winemaker

Winemaker	Country	Region
Domaine de la Grange des Pères	France	Languedoc

About the winemaker After a career as a physiotherapist, Laurent Vaillé decided in the 1980s that he wanted to become a winemaker after all. After apprenticeships with Jean François Coche, Eloi Durrbach and Gerard Chave, among others, he settled in Aniane (his native region) in a place, which everyone thought was impossible to produce top wines. Since then, the estate has enjoyed cult status for many years. The vineyards on the Terrasses du Larzac were planted with Gérard Chave's syrah, marsanne and roussane after intensive processing, including dynamite, and his cabernet sauvignon was sourced from Eloi Durrbach of Domaine Trévallon.

Vineyard management Practising organics

Details

Vineyard	Laurent Vaillé returned to his native soil in the village of Aniane in the late 1980s and focused on the vineyards in the hills surrounding this village. Vineyards that no one really saw any point in, too difficult to cultivate etc. The soil here consists of limestone, boulders and smaller stones and the grapes grow in gobelet. The vineyards have an exposure to the south and give low yields, between 20 and 22 hl/ha. The white grapes have been infested in recent years by wild boar who simply ate the harvest. Only 1 hectare is planted with white grapes.
Vinification	Laurent Vaillé's white wine is done directly in oak and given a long elevage. He learned this during his time in Burgundy at Domaine Coche-Dury. The white wine has a huge storage potential.

Oak aging	Yes
Ageing potential	10 years and more after harvest
Alcohol percentage	14%
Closure	Natural cork