2007 Syrah, Camplazens, Vin de Pays dOc

Camplazens’means Camp of Pleasure’, a spontaneous military Bacchanal that erupted whenever Roman troops camped on the vine-clad limestone outcrop of La Clape near Narbonne. In 2000, hedonistic English ex-pats (and residents of New Orleans for 20 years) Susan and Peter Close followed the legionnaires’ lead, acquiring their dream seaview vineyard set among herb-scented scrubland (garrigue). Organic viticulture and low yields are the order of the day at this idyllic

£8.75