Domaine Costeplane in La Clape
Chloé Costeplane explained that she is the fourth generation of her family to have vineyards. Her great grandfather was a member of the cooperative of the village of Fleury, and her grandfather made wine which he sold in both bottle and en vrac, but he died very suddenly when Chloe’s father was just 16. Consequently, her grandmother sold most of the family’s vines. Her father, despite having a career away from wine, decided to make wine again and bought some more vineyards. Chloé trained as a nutritionist but then realised that she was also interested in making wine – laughingly saying that as a nutritionist she told people not to drink wine, but as a winemaker she encourages them to enjoy it. Her first vintage was 2023 and she is largely self-taught, with the help of an oenologist. And her brother Clément is interested in olives, so they also have olive trees. They now have five hectares of vines, fr...
