Mas Origine
Mas Origine is a brand new estate in Montpeyroux. It was set up by Julien Fabregat and Laura Balsan, with a first vintage in 2022. Julien had studied at Montpellier and then worked for an estate in the Pic St Loup, Chateau Valcyre, which is now known as Domaine Uma, and he has also taught wine-making, but supported by Laura, who is a nurse, he wanted to do his own thing and work for himself, to faire vivre un domaine . Laura has subsequently done some wine studies, so that they both qualify as jeune viticulteur s and have formed a GAEC. There is no wine in her family, but Julien’s grandfather had some vines in the nearby village of St. Bauzille. So they have mostly rented their vineyards, some 17 hectares, in some 22 plots, around Mo ntpeyroux, and in the neighbouring villages of Lagamas, Arboras and St André de Sangonis. And they have built a functional cellar, equipping it completely from scratch. ...
