The adventure of an atypical domain

At the dawn of the previous century, the ancestor of the Guérin family, a well-advised farmer, native of “Haute Loire”, came down from his mountain abode towards the rich plains of the Cévennes in the Gard, to revive a deserted estate and develop it. The first results proved very fruitful, so much so that the ancestor soon sold this property in order to acquire three wine-growing “mas” to settle his sons at Saint-Ambroix, Mazac and Alès.

The Alès estate assigned to his son Baptiste and named “Mas des Pins” is a delightful “mas” from the end of the XIX^th century in the shade of century old pine trees and surrounded by the cultivated land. At that time, besides the vine, peach trees and fig trees, the estate produced cereals and vegetables. After the Second World War, the farm produced milk as well and became almost autonomous with its cattle and fowls.

It’s a model of polyculture “in the natural way” as the first “phytosanitary” products appear on the agricultural market.

Thirty years later, the two brothers, one devoted to stainless steel, and the second, devoted to the oak, allied to restore the family tradition and materialize their dream of building a wine-growing estate ex nihilo. The search for an ideal soil lasted almost ten years.

In 2011, they fell in love with a vineyard with no building, but exceptionally situated. So they bought it. It was the kick off of an audacious project. The “plateau de Montfrin” with the Alpilles and the Ventoux in the horizon, and overhanging the Rhône, strengthened by the Durance, is wholly attractive.

As soon as 2013, the foundation stones of the Clos Guérin are laid, the Provençal “mas” dresses with traditional materials, as inside the “chai” stainless steel and oak unite for the best. So the 4^th generation of Guérin is taking up the challenge of recreating a vine patrimony and thus pays a tribute to the Ancestor.