Domaine de l’Argenteille
I had met Roger Jeanjean (no relation to the other larger producer) at a number of wine fairs and finally the opportunity for a cellar visit presented itself. But first we went to look at the vineyards, which are all within the appellations of Terrasses du Larzac and St Saturnin, close to the village of St Félix de Lodez. There are views of the village of Montpeyroux with the Rocher des Vierges above, the village of Arboras with its château, and even the Pic St Loup in the distance. Roger works with his son Victor and altogether they have 14 hectares in 15 plots, or ilots, as they call them. It was a sunny spring morning, and the birds were singing everything was looking very lush after the recent rains. Even the stream, the Argenteille from which the estate takes its name, was more than a trickle. Roget talked about the histoires de clochers , or parish politics. St Saturnin includes vineyards in Arboras, Jonquières and St Guiraud, but not St Félix. And it aspires
