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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Since 2019, Jeanne Germain has been following in her father's footsteps, producing a micro-cuvée of 'natural' Cabernet Franc: working the soil with animal traction, organic and biodynamic vineyard management, gentle extractions and no added sulfur. A crisp wine, "with serene and sincere fruit and a delightful finish" for the Revue du Vin de France.

Quietly since his arrival at the head of the 11 ha of the family estate in the 90s, Vincent Gaudry has traced his path in search of the most precise and distinctive aromatic expressions of the grape variety and the terroir. His whites, with their aniseed tones (fennel), are vibrant and stimulating, while his reds have a delicate fullness that makes them noble. Radiant wines that do not give in to the fashion of modern Sancerre, too exotic and plump to be sincere.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France's 2023 guide.

The entry-level Le Tournebride is a blend of 3 parcels of flint, clay-limestone and caillottes (limestone chips). Mélodie de Vieilles Vignes, fatter and richer, comes from a clay-limestone hillside while Constellation du Scorpion, more complex and marked by flint, has a tense, long and salivating finish.

Quietly since his arrival at the head of the 11 ha of the family estate in the 90s, Vincent Gaudry has traced his path in search of the most precise and distinctive aromatic expressions of the grape variety and the terroir. His whites, with their aniseed tones (fennel), are vibrant and stimulating, while his reds have a delicate fullness that makes them noble. Radiant wines that do not give in to the fashion of modern Sancerre, too exotic and plump to be sincere.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France's 2023 guide.

The entry-level Le Tournebride is a blend of 3 parcels of flint, clay-limestone and caillottes (limestone chips). Mélodie de Vieilles Vignes, fatter and richer, comes from a clay-limestone hillside while Constellation du Scorpion, more complex and marked by flint, has a tense, long and salivating finish.

Quietly since his arrival at the head of the 11 ha of the family estate in the 90s, Vincent Gaudry has traced his path in search of the most precise and distinctive aromatic expressions of the grape variety and the terroir. His whites, with their aniseed tones (fennel), are vibrant and stimulating, while his reds have a delicate fullness that makes them noble. Radiant wines that do not give in to the fashion of modern Sancerre, too exotic and plump to be sincere.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France's 2023 guide.

The entry-level Le Tournebride is a blend of 3 parcels of flint, clay-limestone and caillottes (limestone chips). Mélodie de Vieilles Vignes, fatter and richer, comes from a clay-limestone hillside while Constellation du Scorpion, more complex and marked by flint, has a tense, long and salivating finish.

Quietly since his arrival at the head of the 11 ha of the family estate in the 90s, Vincent Gaudry has traced his path in search of the most precise and distinctive aromatic expressions of the grape variety and the terroir. His whites, with their aniseed tones (fennel), are vibrant and stimulating, while his reds have a delicate fullness that makes them noble. Radiant wines that do not give in to the fashion of modern Sancerre, too exotic and plump to be sincere.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France's 2023 guide.

Vinified in whole bunches, Les Garennes is refined and elegant, silky and ripe on the palate, with great length and no feeling of heaviness. A great pinot noir!

The Barmès children, Maxime and Sophie, have taken up with application and conviction the work initiated by their father (who died accidentally in 2011): organic (certified since 2001) and biodynamic farming, manual work as much as possible, no additives (neither yeast, nor chaptalization, nor fining) other than sulphur in minimal quantities. A single priority: to obtain the best climatic and geological expression of each of the 7 parcels of the estate (4 "villages" and 3 grands crus). Their Rieslings, with great ageing potential, are absolutely exemplary.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Rosenberg, northern slope dominated by sandstone clay and limestone, deep soil, ample and seductive wines.

The Barmès children, Maxime and Sophie, have taken up with application and conviction the work initiated by their father (who died accidentally in 2011): organic (certified since 2001) and biodynamic farming, manual work as much as possible, no additives (neither yeast, nor chaptalization, nor fining) other than sulphur in minimal quantities. A single priority: to obtain the best climatic and geological expression of each of the 7 parcels of the estate (4 "villages" and 3 grands crus). Their Rieslings, with great ageing potential, are absolutely exemplary.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Clos Sand, with granite soil, pure, energetic and crystalline.

The Barmès children, Maxime and Sophie, have taken up with application and conviction the work initiated by their father (who died accidentally in 2011): organic (certified since 2001) and biodynamic farming, manual work as much as possible, no additives (neither yeast, nor chaptalization, nor fining) other than sulphur in minimal quantities. A single priority: to obtain the best climatic and geological expression of each of the 7 parcels of the estate (4 "villages" and 3 grands crus). Their Rieslings, with great ageing potential, are absolutely exemplary.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Hengst, the most powerful and full-bodied, certainly for long ageing, deep marly-limestone soil.

The Barmès children, Maxime and Sophie, have taken up with application and conviction the work initiated by their father (who died accidentally in 2011): organic (certified since 2001) and biodynamic farming, manual work as much as possible, no additives (neither yeast, nor chaptalization, nor fining) other than sulphur in minimal quantities. A single priority: to obtain the best climatic and geological expression of each of the 7 parcels of the estate (4 "villages" and 3 grands crus). Their Rieslings, with great ageing potential, are absolutely exemplary.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Steingrubler, great finesse and length, clay-limestone soil on granite ridge. 

The Barmès children, Maxime and Sophie, have taken up with application and conviction the work initiated by their father (who died accidentally in 2011): organic (certified since 2001) and biodynamic farming, manual work as much as possible, no additives (neither yeast, nor chaptalization, nor fining) other than sulphur in minimal quantities. A single priority: to obtain the best climatic and geological expression of each of the 7 parcels of the estate (4 "villages" and 3 grands crus). Their Rieslings, with great ageing potential, are absolutely exemplary.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

On Hengst, Barmès-Buecher also owns a (too) small parcel of old vines - more than 60 years old - of pinot noir, treated like a Burgundian grand cru. With an undeniable length and fine tannins, this Pinot Noir Vieilles Vignes knows how to remain delicate and greedy. A great success that can hold its own against many Côte de Nuits (Chambolle-Musigny tendency), but unfortunately of an insignificant rarity.

This is one of the most original estates in the Languedoc: by its altitude (350 m), on the southern edge of the Larzac plateau, and by its vineyard (2 ha in white and 18 ha in red) made up of old vines on fifty or so terraces (like in the Douro) surrounded by stone walls and clapas (= piles of stones). Julien and Delphine Zernott, a passionate and determined couple, are at the head of the estate. They are committed to exploiting their cool and windy micro-climate of the Combe de l'Escalette to produce organic wines where freshness and sapidity prevail.

Rated two stars in the Revue du Vin de France 2023 guide

Their range starts with Les Petits Pas, 40% grenache - 40% syrah - 20% carignan, a wine of pleasure, floral (supported by notes of cranberry and cranberry), on a velvety texture.

This is one of the most original estates in the Languedoc: by its altitude (350 m), on the southern edge of the Larzac plateau, and by its vineyard (2 ha in white and 18 ha in red) made up of old vines on fifty or so terraces (like in the Douro) surrounded by stone walls and clapas (= piles of stones). Julien and Delphine Zernott, a passionate and determined couple, are at the head of the estate. They are committed to exploiting their cool and windy micro-climate of the Combe de l'Escalette to produce organic wines where freshness and sapidity prevail.

Rated two stars in the Revue du Vin de France 2023 guide

Le Pas de D. is the choice of Delphine Zernott, wishing to elaborate a wine with finesse, fresh and delicate. A blend of 50% carignan - 30% grenache - 20% cinsault, Le Pas de D. needs time and aeration to express itself at its best.

This is one of the most original estates in the Languedoc: by its altitude (350 m), on the southern edge of the Larzac plateau, and by its vineyard (2 ha in white and 18 ha in red) made up of old vines on fifty or so terraces (like in the Douro) surrounded by stone walls and clapas (= piles of stones). Julien and Delphine Zernott, a passionate and determined couple, are at the head of the estate. They are committed to exploiting their cool and windy micro-climate of the Combe de l'Escalette to produce organic wines where freshness and sapidity prevail.

Rated two stars in the Revue du Vin de France 2023 guide

Le Grand Pas is their great wine, 70% grenache - 20% cinsault - 10% carignan, an aesthete wine with a complex and refined nose (floral, sweet spices, precious woods), slender and tense despite a beautiful richness of background. No other great Languedoc wine displays such a combination of freshness/precision/velvety.

Ten years after she settled (2007) at Domaine de Cébène (11 ha), Brigitte Chevalier has fully succeeded in her wager: to reveal the purity, complexity and tannic finesse of her schist terraces in the northern part of the Faugères appellation, through a gentle and attentive viticulture without artifice. "Like Clos Manou in the Médoc" as M. Quarin wrote.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France guide, "the estate is now part of the Faugères elite".

"Les Bancèls" is a blend of the 4 grape varieties of the estate: syrah/grenache/carignan/mourvèdre, on schist. A melting wine, with an intense and racy fruitiness, bravo !

Ten years after she settled (2007) at Domaine de Cébène (11 ha), Brigitte Chevalier has fully succeeded in her wager: to reveal the purity, complexity and tannic finesse of her schist terraces in the northern part of the Faugères appellation, through a gentle and attentive viticulture without artifice. "Like Clos Manou in the Médoc" as M. Quarin wrote.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France guide, "the estate is now part of the Faugères elite".

"Belle Lurette" est composée d'une majorité de vieux carignan (70 ans et +), plantés sur schistes il y a "belle lurette", avec mourvèdre et grenache. Tout à la fois frais, velouté et distingué, un vin exemplaire pour tout le Languedoc.

Ten years after she settled (2007) at Domaine de Cébène (11 ha), Brigitte Chevalier has fully succeeded in her wager: to reveal the purity, complexity and tannic finesse of her schist terraces in the northern part of the Faugères appellation, through a gentle and attentive viticulture without artifice. "Like Clos Manou in the Médoc" as M. Quarin wrote.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France guide, "the estate is now part of the Faugères elite".

"Belle Lurette" est composée d'une majorité de vieux carignan (70 ans et +), plantés sur schistes il y a "belle lurette", avec mourvèdre et grenache. Tout à la fois frais, velouté et distingué, un vin exemplaire pour tout le Languedoc.

Ten years after she settled (2007) at Domaine de Cébène (11 ha), Brigitte Chevalier has fully succeeded in her wager: to reveal the purity, complexity and tannic finesse of her schist terraces in the northern part of the Faugères appellation, through a gentle and attentive viticulture without artifice. "Like Clos Manou in the Médoc" as M. Quarin wrote.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France guide, "the estate is now part of the Faugères elite".

"Felgaria" is the estate's top-of-the-range cuvée: 50% mourvèdre on the south-facing heights, supplemented with north-facing syrah and grenache, matured in 500-litre barrels. Pulpy, silky, magnificent balance between richness and softness, a cuvée of great class, "one of the best southern wines I know" for Mr. Quarin.

Ten years after she settled (2007) at Domaine de Cébène (11 ha), Brigitte Chevalier has fully succeeded in her wager: to reveal the purity, complexity and tannic finesse of her schist terraces in the northern part of the Faugères appellation, through a gentle and attentive viticulture without artifice. "Like Clos Manou in the Médoc" as M. Quarin wrote.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France guide, "the estate is now part of the Faugères elite".

"Felgaria" is the estate's top-of-the-range cuvée: 50% mourvèdre on the south-facing heights, supplemented with north-facing syrah and grenache, matured in 500-litre barrels. Pulpy, silky, magnificent balance between richness and softness, a cuvée of great class, "one of the best southern wines I know" for Mr. Quarin.

A new generation of winegrowers is waking Cahors up. Rustic wines with coarse tannins are a thing of the past. Make way for digestible, tasty, fruity and velvety malbecs. The duo Matthieu Cosse (the oenologist) / Catherine Maisonneuve (the winegrower) is part of this new Cadurian elite, with a magnificent range of wines where purity, precision and elegance prevail. "Transcending the boundaries of its appellation, the estate is one of the best in France" for Mr. Bettane. 

Rated two stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Supple on the palate, beautiful freshness, tannins not very marked, La Fage is a Cahors that is greedy, pleasant and joyful.

A new generation of winegrowers is waking Cahors up. Rustic wines with coarse tannins are a thing of the past. Make way for digestible, tasty, fruity and velvety malbecs. The duo Matthieu Cosse (the oenologist) / Catherine Maisonneuve (the winegrower) is part of this new Cadurian elite, with a magnificent range of wines where purity, precision and elegance prevail. "Transcending the boundaries of its appellation, the estate is one of the best in France" for Mr. Bettane.

Rated two stars in the 2021 Revue du Vin de France guide.

Cahors de caractère, Les Laquets is long and racy, with a persistent finish (cedar and black fruits), perfectly balanced by a fine and precise maturing. Perfect representation of the Cossse/ Maisonneuve style.

A new generation of winegrowers is waking Cahors up. Rustic wines with coarse tannins are a thing of the past. Make way for digestible, tasty, fruity and velvety malbecs. The duo Matthieu Cosse (the oenologist) / Catherine Maisonneuve (the winegrower) is part of this new Cadurian elite, with a magnificent range of wines where purity, precision and elegance prevail. "Transcending the boundaries of its appellation, the estate is one of the best in France" for Mr. Bettane.

Rated two stars in the 2021 Revue du Vin de France guide.

Cahors de caractère, Les Laquets is long and racy, with a persistent finish (cedar and black fruits), perfectly balanced by a fine and precise maturing. Perfect representation of the Cossse/ Maisonneuve style.

A new generation of winegrowers is waking Cahors up. Rustic wines with coarse tannins are a thing of the past. Make way for digestible, tasty, fruity and velvety malbecs. The duo Matthieu Cosse (the oenologist) / Catherine Maisonneuve (the winegrower) is part of this new Cadurian elite, with a magnificent range of wines where purity, precision and elegance prevail. "Transcending the boundaries of its appellation, the estate is one of the best in France" for Mr. Bettane.

Rated two stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

La Marguerite is the prestigious cuvée of the Domaine, coming from a 2.5 hectare plot on the famous siderolithic terroir (clay-limestone mixed with reddish iron deposits). A wine of great potential where minerality vies with intensity. Splendid!

A new generation of winegrowers is waking Cahors up. Rustic wines with coarse tannins are a thing of the past. Make way for digestible, tasty, fruity and velvety malbecs. The duo Matthieu Cosse (the oenologist) / Catherine Maisonneuve (the winegrower) is part of this new Cadurian elite, with a magnificent range of wines where purity, precision and elegance prevail. "Transcending the boundaries of its appellation, the estate is one of the best in France" for Mr. Bettane. 

Rated two stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Sidérolithe is the 100% cabernet franc counterpart (on iron clay) of their other cuvée Marguerite which is 100% malbec. Its aromas of raspberry and violet and its velvety texture are immediately reminiscent of Pomerol.

After a degree in chemistry, Maxime Salharang chose, somewhat by chance, to go into oenology. He trained in several great Bordeaux châteaux (Smith Haut-Lafitte, Carbonnieux) and was introduced to biodynamics at the Domaine de Souch in Jurançon, before going into his own vineyards at Clos Larrouyat (3 ha) with his wife Lucie. The full eastern exposure and the unique specificity of the subsoil (clay and pebbles rolled on a strip of Trias) give his wines a delicate freshness, intensity, minerality and length rare for the appellation. The work and thoughtful application of the Salharang couple convince us that Clos Larrouyat is a future great of the appellation.

Promoted to 1 star in the 2023 guide of the Revue du Vin de France.

"Météore" is a blend of 30% gros manseng and 70% petit manseng, aged for 6 months in non-new barrels. Fresh and delicate, lively and intense, with a marked saline touch on the finish. Rated 92/100 in 2020 and 93/100 in 2021 by the 2023 guide of the Revue du Vin de France.

After a degree in chemistry, Maxime Salharang chose, somewhat by chance, to go into oenology. He trained in several great Bordeaux châteaux (Smith Haut-Lafitte, Carbonnieux) and was introduced to biodynamics at the Domaine de Souch in Jurançon, before going into his own vineyards at Clos Larrouyat (3 ha) with his wife Lucie. The full eastern exposure and the unique specificity of the subsoil (clay and pebbles rolled on a strip of Trias) give his wines a delicate freshness, intensity, minerality and length rare for the appellation. The work and thoughtful application of the Salharang couple convince us that Clos Larrouyat is a future great of the appellation.

Promoted to 1 star in the 2023 guide of the Revue du Vin de France.

"Météore" is a blend of 30% gros manseng and 70% petit manseng, aged for 6 months in non-new barrels. Fresh and delicate, lively and intense, with a marked saline touch on the finish. Rated 92/100 in 2020 and 93/100 in 2021 by the 2023 guide of the Revue du Vin de France.

After a degree in chemistry, Maxime Salharang chose, somewhat by chance, to go into oenology. He trained in several great Bordeaux châteaux (Smith Haut-Lafitte, Carbonnieux) and was introduced to biodynamics at the Domaine de Souch in Jurançon, before going into his own vineyards at Clos Larrouyat (3 ha) with his wife Lucie. The full eastern exposure and the unique specificity of the subsoil (clay and pebbles rolled on a strip of Trias) give his wines a delicate freshness, intensity, minerality and length rare for the appellation. The work and thoughtful application of the Salharang couple convince us that Clos Larrouyat is a future great of the appellation.

Promoted to 1 star in the 2023 guide of the Revue du Vin de France.

"Comète"  is a top-of-the-range cuvée: selection of free-run juice, 75% Petit Manseng (for the aromatic palette) and 25% Camaralet (for the structure in the mouth). A wine of irreproachable purity, complex and with a remarkable length, enhanced by the saline touch which is the trademark of the estate. Bravo !