Exceptional geographical richness

The Languedoc is one of the most diverse and complex winegrowing regions in the world because it is very unusual in that it combines the four main geographical eras. It sits on ancient bedrock covered with successive layers of sediment, from the most ancient granite that goes back 500 million years to the most recent quaternary deposits on the coast. It is one of the only winegrowing regions that combines such geological diversity, with limestone, schist, granite and basalt, which enable a wide selection of varietals to flourish. This richness offers unrivalled potential

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The influence of people

It is a place of passage, at the crossroads of civilizations, from Celtiberians to Greeks, Romans to Visigoths, Franks to Saracens and even Crusaders from Northern France, Southern Belgium and the Channel islands. A harsh land where vines have been grown since antiquity. The vine is a robust plant and one of the few that can survive in this austere and sometimes hostile climate, with wind, frost, rain, intense heat and spells of drought.