Clos Fantine's Pergola Experiment

Corine Andrieu on "Lou Pous," the family's parcel of high-sited, pergola-trained syrah at Aigues-Vives. In almost 20 years, they'll have produced just two cuvées from it.

Carole and Corine Andrieu harvesting syrah at “Lou Pous,” September 2022.

Each year, one particular parcel tends to make Clos Fantine’s harvest veterans groan. A pet project of Corine Andrieu, “Lou Pous” is a remote 1ha plot of syrah planted at 300m altitude near Aigues Vives. Since 2020, the Andrieu family have used it for their first experiment with pe…