Chateau Camplazens

Chateau Camplazens is located at the top of La Clape, a limestone mountain 10 miles long and 4 miles wide overlooking the Mediterranean. La Clape is an official sub-appellation of Coteaux du Languedoc that is gaining in reputation for its wine making. Only 26 vineyards are situated on La Clape, an environmentally protected land since 1965, and the only permitted activity is grape growing.

Chateau Camplazens was the first vineyard in the Languedoc to install an automated pigeage machine in its cave. The device moves from tank to tank along a track and brakes up the cap on the fermenting must at regular intervals. Automating the pigeage eliminates backbreaking work, and regulates the process for better results.

Knowing it takes more than new machinery to make great wine, careful harvesting and vinification practices have been put in place. All of the individual vineyard areas are harvested and vinified separately. It is only after fermentation when the quality of each vat is evaluated that the careful blending begins. The AOC wines spend time in new and second year French oak to impart structure and balance. The vineyard practices a light-handed oak regimen so as to not mask the quality of the fruit. All the wines are labeled and bottled at the vineyard.

Wine & Spirit magazine have voted Chateau Camplazens the "Value brand of the Year 2008"