Clos Constantin

Clos Constantin

[Languedoc with a light touch and real finesse]

Clos Constantin sits quietly in the garrigue around Argelliers, the village where Pierre Halley was born. Twenty kilometres from Montpellier and close to Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Argelliers lies midway between Pic Saint-Loup and the Larzac.

Pierre took over his uncle's vines parcel by parcel — the uncle had long been a member of the local cooperative — and in 2017 he founded Clos Constantin with his friend Samuel Durand.

The fifteen hectares fall within AOP Languedoc and Terrasses du Larzac, divided between two sites: Font-Belette and Les Champs de Traversiers. Organic AB certification came in 2021, Demeter biodynamic certification in 2023.

In the cellar everything is done with great care. The whites are either direct-pressed or macerated; the reds are fermented whole-bunch or destemmed. Fermentation runs on wild yeasts drawn from the cellar and the fruit itself. The wines age on their lees for between six and twenty-four months, in stainless steel, concrete or wood depending on the vintage.

The result is light on its feet, full of finesse, and entirely free of over-extraction.