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.
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…