La Villa Cocotte 2020 - Pays d'Oc

This cuvée is composed exclusively of maccabeu. The grapes - from the youngest vines planted on a harsh travertine terroir - are harvested by hand, at dawn. This wine offers a nice freshness and aromas of peach, honey, hawthorn and citrus.

Régis Franc, who is also a comic book author and filmmaker, bought a small piece of land in 2007 at the foot of the Alaric mountain, southeast of Carcassonne in the Corbières. There, there is a farmhouse in poor condition built in 1783 and a closed surrounding 2.6 hectares of vines centenarians. The vineyard is poorly maintained but its location (sheltered by the mountains from the prevailing northeast wind that dries out the vegetation, and close to a spring that provides coolness) protects it from water stress. The work of restoration lasts 3 years. The first harvest (a few rows of vines, just to see) takes place in September 2010. Chante Cocotte was born.