Château L'Escarelle

Yann Pineau acquired Château L’Escarelle in 2014 and began renewing an estate whose vineyards sit at La Celle in the limestone country of Green Provence. Only a fraction of its roughly 1,200 hectares is planted to vines, leaving broad woodland and natural corridors around the cultivated parcels. The estate is certified organic and maintains hedgerows, restores habitats and monitors biodiversity.

Its elevated vineyards grow on limestone, clay and sand. For some wines, grapes are picked in the cool early morning or at night and handled in temperature-controlled steel tanks.