The winemaker

Luc Baudet talks about his passion for wine:

> Where does this calling come from ?
As far back as I can remember, the quality and variety of meals was a worry for my mother... a big worry, and this resulted in numerous animated debates and tastings.
8 years of collaboration with multinational companies allowed me to understand the links between the quality, the symbolic value of a foodstuff and consumer perception. Then I wanted to distance myself from constraints which became less and less compatible with my human and personal aspirations.

> Why here ?
Our terroirs indicate that they have the potential to show themselves amongst the best vintages in the south. The Costières, especially in the southern part, have Villafranchian terroir and marine influence: a kind of marriage between Châteauneuf and Médoc… efforts made in mastering the vine and in making wine can lead to good surprises.

> What makes you go ahead ?
Wine is an ongoing beginning, a limitless area of investigation, a journey where the link to nature is direct, even brutal in its extremes, but exhilerating. In an environment which is increasingly focussed on speed, activity remains dependent on seasonal rhythms with which one must be at one - for our greatest pleasure.