Clos du Causse

Leased until 2014, Clos du Causse is a 1.5-hectare plot taken over by Guy Vanlancker, a winemaker at Domaine de la Combe Blanche. This Belgian schoolteacher left the Ardennes in 1981 to move to the sunny Languedoc region and work at the La Livinière vineyard. He started as a vineyard worker, then became a vineyard manager and winemaker for various estates in the region. There he learned the trade before finally dedicating himself to his own wines in 2000. The 17-hectare property acquired in 1981 was redesigned and replanted, with an AOC section dedicated to Syrah, Grenache, Cinsault, and Roussanne, and an IGP section featuring grape varieties less common in the region, such as Tempranillo, Pinot Noir, and Viognier.