Mas Costeplane

About

Winegrowing estate certified organic since 1989 and biodynamic since 2011. AOP Languedoc white, rosé and red. Single-varietal Cévennes PGI.

Located in the Languedoc region, 20 kilometers northwest of Nîmes and 40 kilometers north of Montpellier. Situated between the Mediterranean and the Cevennes mountains, Le Mas de Costeplane enjoys a sunny climate, often torrid in summer, with around a hundred nights of frost in winter. More than two kilometers from their nearest neighbors, the Mas and its vineyards are isolated in the midst of garrigue-covered hills where pine, holm oak and aromatic plants mingle. When the winery was rebuilt in 1989, the estate switched to organic viticulture. Convinced by the taste quality of biodynamic wines, we have been Demeter-certified since 2011. The vines are planted on an isolated plateau in clay-limestone soil.
Surrounded by hills dominated by garrigue and holm oak, this is an unspoilt area where only the initiated go.
Benefiting from the fresh air coming down from the Cévennes, even on summer nights, the climate allows for slower ripening than in the Languedoc plains, giving their wines a pleasant vivacity and freshness. Far from the over-exploited vineyards where vines run out and are uprooted after 20 years, the Mas de Costeplane vineyard currently boasts almost 24 ha of vines. The oldest plot in operation is an old Carignan planted in 1958, pruned in gobelet style. The lady is over 60 and still hasn’t retired. It has to be said that she is pampered. Two other plots of Carignan on the estate are almost as old. They were planted in 1968, while the oldest plot of Grenache dates back to 1970.
The rest of the vines are slightly more recent, planted between 1988 and 1995. They are therefore in their prime.

A total of seven grape varieties are grown: Vermentino, Grenache blanc and Chardonnay for the whites, Syrah, Grenache noir, Carignan and Merlot for the reds.

Each parcel is vinified separately, and this diversity enables Mas Costeplane to produce a wide range of wines with very individual characteristics when blended in February. AOP Languedoc white, rosé and red, for the parcels with the best exposure, and IGP Cévennes single-varietal wines (Merlot, Chardonnay and Vermentino). Biodynamic farming allows the vines to express themselves perfectly. Ripe and alive, biodynamic grapes are the source of the quality of Mas de Costeplane wines.

Their approach is to live in harmony with surrounding nature. Wherever possible, they seek symbiosis. In spring, for example, the sheep come to mow the grass in the vineyards, and the woodland is tended by Aneth, Papouille and Hugo, their three donkeys, whose manure fertilizes the hedges. In the vineyards, they bring in horse manure from the neighboring farm and use the flowers from the leeks on the vines as a natural repellent against cochylis (grape worm).

Another aspect of their approach is that intuition guides them in their choices. Nature’s complexity cannot be mastered, but it can sometimes be sensed. The vines speak to them, and you have to know how to listen. And my goodness, so much the worse if we don’t fill up every year. Perhaps they need a rest from giving so much every year. In any case, every year they offer sincere wines that Mas Costeplane is proud to let you taste.

Labels : Demeter Certified Agriculture (AB) – Biodynamics – Organic Farming (AB)

Spoken languages : English – French

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