A 10 ha Languedoc wine estate situated in the department of le Gard in Langlade, a town renowned for the delicacy of its wines since the 15th century. Renting vines from Côte Rôtie producer, René Rostaing, Rémy Pédréno established the Roc D’Anglade domaine in 1999. In 2002, he purchased his own land. The vineyard is made up of a mosaic of siliceous clay soils on shale limestone. Main exposure is to the north, giving the wines a special balance and coolness befitting the fruit.
Of the 6 ha he cultivates today, he has 1.5 ha of Chenin Blanc, 1.5 ha of Syrah, 1 ha of Grenache and 2 ha of Carignan. The Carignan is what gives the intense perfume and minerality to Rémy’s wines. It is also what has robbed him of the Côteaux du Languedoc appellation and bumped him down to Vin de Pays du Gard status.
Rémy’s philosophy is one of “letting the true nature of the soils come through” in the wines that he produces. He prefers to create a harmonious balance in the land that he works, using organic and more recently biodynamic techniques of farming. This non-interventionist style is also carried through into the cellar. Grapes are handled as gently as possible, going into the fermentation tanks without being crushed. Extraction methods (pigeages, remontages, délestages) are shunned. The result is a wine that is concentrated without ever being extracted, always perfumed and heady without becoming sickly. As Rémy himself puts it, “The purpose is to convey an identity, through nature in its diversity, whilst sharing what Baudelaire called, ‘this song full of life and of brotherhood’ found in wine.”