Le Petit Domaine de Gimios "Saint Jean de Minervois" Hérault department, Languedoc.
Le Petit Domaine de Gimios is a five-hectare estate located at 320 meters above sea level, in the Hérault department, along the Mediterranean wine-growing perimeter of the Gulf of Lion. Here, Anne-Marie Lavaysse and her son Pierre follow the principles of biodynamic agriculture. Anne-Marie Lavaysse and her son Pierre bought their farm in the hamlet of Gimios in 1993. The vineyards attached to the farm were abandoned, unworked, and had not been treated with chemicals. Saint Jean de Minervois: According to a legend, the Saint-Jean vineyard dates back to Roman times, as in all of Languedoc. The lord of Pardailhan collected from the Middle Ages the right on the wine of Saint-Jean and Saint-Martial. King Louis XVI at the court of Versailles had the Muscat of Saint Jean de Minervois tasted at his royal table. Beyond this perhaps legendary anecdote, the town produces a remarkable Muscat, which obtained the AOC in 1949. The terroir of the area is characterized by a Mediterranean cli...