Their story

Capion sits between Aniane and Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, in the Gassac valley that gave the Languedoc some of its first great wines. Records of the estate go back to the 16th century; the château, its formal gardens and fountains came later, and since 2017 the park and tasting room are open to the public year-round.

Roughly 50 hectares of vines grow on a patchwork of limestone, sandstone, clay and pebbles. The estate went organic with the 2020 vintage, harvests by hand and vinifies parcel by parcel, with soil specialist Claude Bourguignon advising. Concerts, art residencies and tastings with neighbouring growers make it as much a cultural stop as a winery.