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Wine estate with wine tasting and sale in the vault.

The story begins in 990 AC, when the Chapelle Saint-André was erected. Gustave Privat became the owner of the Domaine Saint-André estate in 1865. It was the start of a great wine adventure. This terroir pleases him and he will do anything to reveal its exceptional potential. After years in the Privat family, Inès and Thierry Hébert took over the reins in 2002. They then brought a breath of modernity to the Domaine, which became a superb reception venue. In 2020, LGI Wines, a specialist in exporting Languedoc wines for more than 20 years, represented by Xavier and Cédric, buys the Domaine Saint-André estate. A new technical route has been set up in the vineyard, which becomes the priority axis of the qualitative policy. The ambition is also international, in order to promote the Domaine's wines on tables around the world.

Family winery, vineyard of 80 hectares, Domaine les Yeuses has been owned by the Dardé family for the last 40 years. Located in Mèze, between the Mediterranean garrigue and the Etang de Thau, the vineyard is either on clay and lime soil or on sandy soil. The Mediterranean climate sustains the grapes throughout the year. The sea proximity adds some freshness at the end of maturation just before the harvest. So the fruit characteristic, typical of the wines from shore is well maintained. We make use of the different kinds of terroir in order to offer Pays d’Oc IGP wines focusing on elegance and pleasure. White grape varieties are grown on sandy soil where they best express their characteristics (Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Vermentino, Viognier and Muscat). Red grapes are set on clay soil which is more adapted to get a good concentration of fruit, structure and power in mouth (Carignan, Cinsault, Merlot, Grenache, Syrah, Cabernet, Marselan).