After having heritate some vines from his grand-father, he restructured whole vines, field by field, grapes by grapes, and he bought new lands. Today, Charles still passionned with his vnes, he is now working on his own estate as a full job.
Le Domaine des Griffes is located in the south of France in Nizas.The estate and the cellar are located in the heart of the town, vines are located at few kilometres. Domaine des Griffes was called like cause here, fountain located in the center of Nizas are called Griffes. As the house and the cellar are in this place.
At 10 years old, Charles was the assistant of his grand-father who made wine for his pleasure. Charles wanted to become as his grand-father a winemaker.
That is why when he obtained his degree in oenology, he worked as winemaker in different vineyards, in different area of France and abroad, but he spended all his free time to realise his dream : creating his own vineyard.
In South of France, in the heart of Languedoc, between Montpellier and Béziers, not far from Pézénas city, our vines are located on the last contres-forts of les Cévennes. Our house and the cellar are situated in the heart of a typical charming village of south of France: Nizas.
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