Marc Castan was born in Narbonne and spent his childhood in the Corbières Maritimes area where he developed a passion for both the sea and the land. After graduating from high school, he decided to study winemaking and to recover the vineyards of his grandfather.

 

After a few years working at a wine coop and some dreams later, he embarked on the most beautiful of adventures; It is in this way that in 2009, he vinified his first vintage.

 

His recovered vineyard plots are spread over the communes of La Palme Roquefort-des-Corbières and Leucate on clay soils and lime stone. Some are bordering a small lake, while others are close to a sea side cliff.

The surface area is around 15 hectares. The yields are quite low, varying between 8 and 30hl per ha.

 

The plots are surrounded by varied vegetation: tamarind, pines, reeds, olive and almond trees, and low scrub vegetation.

 

Marc works 9 grape varieties: 4 White (Macabeu, Grenache gris, Carignan Blanc and Muscat petits grains) and 5 Red (Carignan, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah and Cinsault).