The Clos Cristal, its walls, its wines.

130 years that this Clos from the Loire captivates, fascinates as much as it upsets modern viticulture’s reference points. Three kilometres of walls crossed by ten hectares of vines and a new history since the Robert et Marcel winery took things over.

What is a vineyard made entirely by the hand of man if not a stubborn civilisation? This obstinate struggle to cultivate vines, even in places where they did not flourish, has left a spectacular and ever-present mark on the history of our territories. In the Douro valley, its vertiginous terraces; in Côte-Rôtie, its “chaillées de l’enfer”; and in the Loire, the standing walls of the Clos Cristal, solemn, fascinating, magnetic.