Mas Lau
Winemaker
Laurent Bagnol
TYPE OF AGRICULTURE
Organic
VINEYARD AREA
11 ha
Country, Region, Subregion
Wines
Laurent, an ex-sommelier from Nimes, started the Domaine in 2008 with a single hectare. From a family of farmers – his grandfather had goats and his father grew fruit – he became a winemaker to work directly on the land and with vines.
Between vineyards and olive trees, the terroir of Souvignargues is located 50 km from the sea on the foothills of the Cévennes, in the heart of Sommières. The soils are varied and rich in their complexity of sandstone, clay, red soil and clapas, stones previously used to build the Capitelles (dry stone mazets).
Today Laurent is farming 11ha of Carignan, Œillade, Cinsault, Grenache and Syrah. His vines are in isolated pockets in a mix of old vineyards, most of which he has recuperated and converted to the traditional goblet method.
All wines are vinified without intervention, for maximum expression of their personality.
100% Oeillade. 2 weeks semi-carbonic maceration with whole bunch, without oenological input. Aged 7 months in enamelled steel tank and then further ageing in bottles. No added sulphur.