Quebec winemaker on the Catalan coast, Charles Gauthier-Marcil went from philosophy to blasting, before coming to work the land and wines, as one finally arrives home after a long journey. He has known vines under the snow, vines on shale and vines on marl - but now, settled in Caramany (Pyrénées-Orientales), on sands made from gneiss, he seeks the finesse and delicacy of forgotten hillsides (400m and a good drop!). Fruit, of course, but flower and minerality too - even in the reds - and delicious, silky mouthfeel! And held by this obsession to make a straight wine, without resorting to industrial expedients, because that's what that means, too, The winegrower's workshop: bringing the grapes down to the scale of the hand that works them, eliminating all the distortions and all the obstacles that overly complex tools pose between these two poles, to “smell” the wine being made. And all this with joy! IN THE VINEYARD: Tillage by hand (pickaxe, brushcutter), significant contribution of organic matter (compost, manure), natural or sown plant cover (depending on the plot), thorough disbudding, weaving rather than trimming, manual harvesting in crates of 15kg. AT THE CELLAR: manual destemming (wooden sieve), indigenous yeasts, manual hydraulic press, foot crushing, punching down (no more than 4 times in all), pumping over in a bucket (twice a day), fine extraction, fermentation in stainless steel, aging in stainless steel and in old barrels (very clean). No sulfur added, except at bottling, if needed.