Domaine de l'Ancienne Mercerie

The Domaine de l'Ancienne Mercerie in a few words...

Le domaine de l'Ancienne Mercerie, located in Autignac, farms 16 ha of syrah, grenache noir, carignan, mourvèdre and merlot on terroirs in the Faugères and Coteaux du Languedoc PDOs. The vines are certified organic, and the wines are characterized by elegance and remarkable balance. The average age of the Domaine de l'Ancienne Mercerie vineyards is 25 years, including 4.5 hectares of Carignan vines over 50 years old. Yields are very low, averaging between 20 and 25 hl/ha. The grapes are hand-picked and carefully sorted in the vineyard. The ripeness of each plot is precisely monitored by berry sampling and tasting. The domaine de l'Ancienne Mercerie does not seek out over-ripeness. The work in the cellar consists of accompanying the grapes with flexible, never corrective interventions.The philosophy of Domaine de l'Ancienne Mercerie can be summed up as follows: "We want to remain a small estate to manage all cultivation and oenological operations as closely as possible, and continue to produce handcrafted, rich and original wines, deeply rooted in their terroir"

Prices remaining very reasonable, it's all about taking advantage of them!

The Au Bonheur des Dames cuvée is a Grenache-dominant organic wine: sweetness and fruitiness are the hallmarks of this pretty bottle.

Les Petites Mains is a complex, velvety Faugères: superb value for money.

Coutures is Domaine de l'Ancienne Mercerie's great red cuvée. An organic wine with good ageing potential, complex, spicy, but always well-balanced.

Coutures is the great red wine from Domaine de l'Ancienne Mercerie.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2020 about Domaine de l'ancienne Mercerie: "The grandfathers' old vines and the grandmother's haberdashery (converted into a cellar), received as an inheritance, have enabled Nathalie and François Caumette, agricultural engineers and oenologists, to establish themselves at their own pace in the landscape of the best artisanal estates in Faugères and, more widely, the Languedoc. They produce balanced, energetic reds from blends of Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Carignan. No-nonsense, sincere and richly constituted wines, whose maturation is progressing and which deserve to age."

Discover other great Languedoc organic wineswith the Domaine des Homsin Minervois, the Domaine d'Aupilhac sur Montpeyroux, the Mas Jullien, the Mas des Brousses and the Mas de la Seranne in Terrasses du Larzac, the Domaine Maxime Magnon or le Château la Baronne sur Corbières or le Clos de la Barthassade.