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The trade show season is approaching: we'll be taking part in 16 events over 2025-2026.Here are the autumn dates:- Nantes-Carquefou - Vinomédia: Fri 17 → Sun 19 Oct- Lyon (Halle Tony Garnier) - Vignerons Indépendants: Thu 30 Oct → Sun 2 Nov-...

We've reached an important milestone: the acquisition of our first two sandstone amphorae, 750 L and 1,000 L, three to four times the size of a traditional barrel. They now sit in the middle of our brand-new barrel cellar, and are...

That's it: we've moved into our brand new winery in Siran, a brand-new 600 m² production facility located directly opposite our original winery. The building, which dates back to the 1904 cooperative winery, still illustrates the winegrowing architecture of the early...

Released last April, our very first effervescent wine was an immediate success! Neither crémant, nor pet'nat, but an effervescent rosé from a plot of high-altitude Mourvèdre grapes (410 m). At just 10.5°, it has a seductive aromatic character, bubbles...

The vine awakens: it «buds». The buds are beginning to show their fragile leaves, full of promise. After our systematic application of sheep manure in autumn, our inter-row grass seedlings are magnificent...

Southern effervescence, against the current In a Languedoc of sunshine and power, we've chosen finesse. Our new rosé effervescent cuvée, Frisson des Combes, is a rarity: 100 % Mourvèdre, from a high-altitude plot (410m) vinified...

Southern effervescence, against the current In a Languedoc of sunshine and power, we've chosen finesse. Our new rosé effervescent cuvée, Frisson des Combes, is a rarity: 100 % Mourvèdre, from a high-altitude plot (410m) vinified...

Every year, the Concours Général Agricole is held at the Porte de Versailles agricultural show in Paris. A benchmark competition. Created in 1870, its aim is to select and reward the best products from France's terroir. Still...

January already, we're back on the road: Salon des Vignerons Indépendants d'Angers, 07-09 FebruarySalon des Vins de Limoges, 14-16 FebruarySalon Club des Vignerons Lauréats de Nantes, 28 February-02 MarchSalon Club des Vignerons Lauréats de Toulouse, 07-09 MarchSalon...

We will be present at the two major French trade shows in 2025: Millésime Bio 2025 Montpellier January 27/29, 2025 stand B2-533Wine Paris, Paris Porte de Versailles, February 10/12, 2025 stand 7.2/ K 188 Come and meet us and...

January 15, 2025, it's time: after 16 months of ageing, including 12 months in barrel, we have just completed the blending of our Cru La Livinière 2023. This is a rather exceptional exercise with our oenologists. It involves tasting all our barrels, one by one, in order to...

2025 marks the 10th anniversary of Les Combes Cachées. 10 years already, on July 30. 10 years on, the road is beautiful. And we've come a long way! As new winegrowers, we've bought vines, created a team, built a winery and now offer a complete range of wines...

After the fine distinctions received in the spring, here are those of the autumn guides. The Guide Hachette 2025 singled out 3 of our wines: Combe Violon 2023 «a tasteful, digestible and elegant white», La Curiosité de Lauriole «a...

We began the 2023 harvest in a state of anxiety. The heatwave at the end of August had affected our vines. We feared that ripening would be blocked. But in the end, the weather conditions during the harvest improved, with a few rains and some sunshine...

In 2023, as every year, our wines have been distinguished by leading guides or at prestigious competitions: a new gold medal at the Concours Général Agricole 2023, two wines distinguished with two stars from the Guide...

Every year at the same time, just before the start of the harvest, there's a lot of uncertainty. We hand-pick for two weeks or so, depending on the plot/grape variety and ripeness, from early September to early October!... So far, overall, even...

Les Combes Cachées was one of the winning Domaines in the Oenomed call for applications. This European project aims to develop virtuous agro-ecological practices in the Languedoc vineyards. As part of this project, we have acquired specific equipment...

New plantings and new vines, our vineyard is expanding slightly to meet demand. Many of you are raving about our white wines, Viognier and Minervois Blanc, which are now in great demand. So this winter we planted almost 2...

Les Combes Cachées: the centenarian's wine What an unusual event: Monique Bonnet celebrated her centenary with her family on March 19th. She was personally responsible for choosing the wine, and her choice fell on our Minervois la Livinière Les Trois Écus and...

Our Minervois La Livinière 2020 Soleil Rouge won a Gold Medal at the prestigious Concours des Vins du Concours Général Agricole (CGA), held at the Salon de l'Agriculture in Paris on February 26. We are particularly honored by this distinction. This is the...

Come and meet us on our spring tour of France: Limoges: February 17-19Nantes-La Chapelle sur Erdre: March 03-05Toulouse: March 10-13Paris-Porte de Champerret: March 17-19Lille: March 24-27Annecy-Poisy: March 31-April 02Limoges-Saint...

As organic winegrowers, we have always been deeply convinced of the importance of enriching our soil. This is a permanent objective of our vineyard work. And this takes place mainly in autumn and winter. For example, by...

Another concrete action to enrich our soils: the spreading of sheep manure on all our new plots before the planting of almost 3 new hectares of vines this winter. We don't produce enough white wine to meet your demand. You are from...

Mickael joined our team in November. We're now well equipped to handle our vines as best we can, and to cope with the increase in our surface area, with 4 hectares of new plantings underway. From left to right Mickael, Fred,...

Autumn is the season for trade shows. We're on the road again, all over France, so we're bound to be near you. Come and meet us: - NANTES/CARQUEFOU: October V21-D23- LYON Vignerons Indépendants Halle Tony Garnier: October J27-L31- REIMS...

The 2022 harvest took place from August 26 to October 06: 17 days of harvesting spread over 7 weeks to pick grapes at perfect maturity for each plot and grape variety. Abundant rainfall in the spring enabled our vines to get through...

As in every autumn, our wines are once again in the spotlight: The Hachette guide once again singles out our Cru La Livinière Les Trois Écus in its 2019 vintage for "intensely spicy fruit".and the new online guide La Tulipe Rouge (online guide...

The estate's website, implemented when the estate was created in 2015, needed a little sprucing up. So we developed a brand new website, which you can see here. We'll leave you to discover the new site, and hope you enjoy it...

In May, we replanted 45 ares, or 0.45 ha, of Syrah at Le Plo, on the beautiful terraces of La Livinière. It's an excellent, well-exposed clay-limestone terroir that takes full advantage, in very dry periods, of the humidity brought in by the wind...

As every year at this time of year, we've just come through two days of bottling: 34,000 bottles in two days. The weather was kind on both days, with very moderate temperatures and no rain. This is important when bringing in...

Three of our vintages were honored at the latest Languedoc wine competition held at the Paris Agricultural Show on Saturday, February 26, 2022: Gold medals for our Minervois Blanc Combe Violon and our Livinière 2019 Soleil Rouge. Two wines that...

Friday February 25 is an important day for Les Combes Cachées. The entire Combes Cachées dream team bottled the whites and rosé: 2021. A very fine vintage for these colors. From left to right: Christine, Fred, François,...

Bottling is approaching: end of February, bottling of the white and rosé 2021 wines, a very successful vintage. Then in May, bottling of Minervois Rouge 2021 and Cru La Livinière 2020, after long barrel ageing for the Livinière. A very...