Entrance to the property

In 1926, Antoine Vergnes purchased the Domaine de Martinolles, a property comprising 17 hectares of farmland with vineyards planted on the richer soils and cereals and fodder to feed the work horses on the poorer areas. The vineyards were grouped around the buildings and planted with several tradtional grape varieties such as Carignan, Aramon, Alicante, large black etc...In those times the wine was lended when the grapes were picked.

Léon VERGNES

In 1940, when the troops were called up for the second World War, Léon, his son, left school to work on the farm. A few years later, having acquired a few adjacent plots, the farm had grown twice as big and the Domaine became exclusively a wine-growing concern. The vineyards were mainly planted with red grape varieties. The wine was made on the premises and sold to wine traders as was customary at the time. Only grapes of the Mauzac variety from the "blanquetière" were made into Blanquette, the local "owner's specialty. In 1973, Léon decided to make bottled wine. For your information:"Blanquette" was invented in 1531 by the monks in Saint-Hlaire Abbay.