Production centres: Cazevielle, Claret, Corconne, Fontanès, Lauret, Les Matelles,
Sainte-Croix de-Quintillargues, Saint-Gély-du-Fesc, Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles,
Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers, Sauteyrargues, le Triadou, Valflaunès.
Soil : Clay and limestone, limestone marl.
Area : 900 ha.(2230 acres) Annual production : 36 188 hl of which 23 471 carry the Pic Saint-Loup label.
There are huge differences between day and night time temperatures here, particularly when the grapes are ripening. As a result, the wines are sophisticated and concentrated.
Three chateaux are intrinsically linked with the region’s history : Viviourès, les Tours de Salles and Montferrand which had been owned by the Bishops of Maguelone, and was destroyed by Louis XIV during the Wars of Religion,
A tradition : on the first Sunday after 19 March, climb the Pic St Loup. Your reward : a glass of wine on the summit !