Domaine Montrose

Domaine Montrose

Founded in 1701, this family estate has been going for more than three hundred years, passed down through nine generations of the Coste family. For a single family to hold a property this long is rare indeed; today it is run by Bernard Coste, the eleventh generation, alongside his son Olivier Coste.

The domaine sits in the Languedoc in southern France, a few kilometres from Pézenas and from the Mediterranean, with some 85 to 100 hectares of vines around it. It belongs to the IGP Côtes de Thongue, a small appellation of about fifty growers. The climate is Mediterranean, with powerful sunshine, and the land is made up of Villafranchian terraces of rounded pebbles over clay-limestone.

The vineyard rests on the three terroirs described below, and the vines encircling the winery take in several quite distinct characters.

① Clay-limestone: balanced and beautifully free-draining, this soil brings freshness to the wines.

② Villafranchian terraces (gravel soils): thick with rounded pebbles and poor in nutrients, this lean ground is the signature soil of the district.

③ Volcanic soils: vines planted on the slopes of an old volcano, giving wines of complex aroma and generous, luscious fruit.