Clos du Causse

Leased until 2014, the Clos du Causse is a 1.5-hectare plot of land taken over by Guy Vanlancker, producer and winemaker of Domaine de la Combe Blanche. In 1981, this Belgian schoolteacher left the Ardennes to join the sunny Languedoc region on the La Livinière vineyard. He started out as a vineyard worker, then became a manager and winemaker for various estates in the region. There, he learned the trade before finally devoting himself to his own wines in 2000. The 17-hectare property, acquired in 1981, was redesigned and replanted, with one part in AOC dedicated to Syrah, Grenache, Cinsault and Roussanne, and another part in IGP with varieties less common to the region, such as Tempranillo, Pinot Noir and Viognier.