DREAMS OF COLOUR AND RADIANCE
Discovering the vineyards of Faugères
Throughout my professional life, I have been surrounded by signs. Printing signs, because I was a printer.
And then a new sign appeared to me, a very different sign, a marvellous sign of chance or fate: the discovery of the vineyards of Faugeres. An immaculate first impression, bursting with colours and aromas.
The sign was too strong, the impression too powerful
The passionate printer of fine works was going to become a winegrower in this land. Faugères, a magnificent terroir with character. A character that was imprinted in me, as if it were obvious. A character that I want to express in all its range of nuances, olfactory and gustatory.
For decades in my profession, I have signed "bons à tirer" ... That is to say, taking the decision to go to press with a document judged to be perfectly laid out, an image or a poster with bright and harmoniously balanced colours. In creating Monthélys, I wanted to pursue my dreams of colour and radiance.
In 2018, I happily signed my very first "bon à dégustation" for the Domaine's brand new and very first vintage. I sincerely hope that this and the following vintages will give you as good an impression at the tasting as I did at their creation.
TREAT THE SOIL AND NATURE WITH RESPECT
Such a beautiful expression of the terroir
The vineyards of Domaine de Monthélys are wonderfully situated around the medieval village of Cabrerolles, at the foot of the Cévennes and to the north of the Faugères appellation: five hectares of vines divided into five plots that hug the shape and slopes of the hills, from where the view extends towards the sea and as far as the Pyrenees.
Here in Monthélys, in the Haut-Languedoc Natural Park, at an altitude of 300 metres, the sun-drenched terroir reveals the multiple colours of the schist where it expresses its brilliant Mediterranean temperament. The climate brings the wind, which soothes the hot weather, and the schist soil contributes to the freshness of the estate's vines. We play with the harmony of the grape varieties, old carignan, syrah, mourvèdre, black grenache, white grenache and marsanne. We treat the soil and nature with respect, without weed killers or chemicals. The grapes are harvested by hand, in traditional crates, then vinified in stainless steel vats, at the winery located in Laurens.