Terroir
The Domaine de Mathouans is located in the South of France, in the village of Latour-de-France, the heart of the Rousillon region. Surrounded by mountains, the Agly Valley offers the perfect climate and terroir for vineyards.
Aline Hock and her husband have been running the 12-hectare domaine since 2008.
“We set our time by the sun and the weather, good or bad.”
A firm believer of bio-dynamic farming, for Aline, making natural wine is a philosophical choice. She aims for finding the natural expression of the terroir cultivating typically indigenous grape varieties like Macabeu, Grenache, Lledoner Pelut and Carignan. Among the old vines – some of them reach 100 years – she lets her ewes, geese and hens graze around, promoting biodiversity. She uses herbal teas to avoid vine treatments, ploughs the soil with horses and harvests only by hand.
