Mas de Libian

A family-owned estate since 1670, the vineyards at Libian have always been cultivated. This farmhouse is located in St Marcel d’Ardèche on the right bank of the Rhône, at the very end of the Ardèche Gorges. Winemaking became the estate’s primary activity in 1970 with the construction of a winery by Jean-Pierre Thibon. Organic farming—including soil cultivation, hand-pruning in the spring, and the use of copper and sulfur—has always been practiced here, and Mas de Libian reached a milestone in 2005 with the estate’s official certification as biodynamic. Today, two of the family’s daughters run Mas de Libian: Hélène and her husband, and Catherine—not to mention their parents and Nestor and Bambi, the lovely Franc-Comtois dogs!