The appellation St. Chinian was established in 1982.  This is old relative to the history of AOCs in the Languedoc.  There are 20 villages that make up the appellation which sits at the foot of the Massif Central.  Although it is one appellation the truth is that there are as many hills and valleys and mesoclimates as there villages.  Some of the vineyard sites here are spectacular with gentle SE facing slopes, protection from the howling winds, and soils of a rocky clay mix.  Only a full analysis of the twenty villages would do this area justice.

The River l'Orb

The River As Influence

One of Twenty

AOC St. Chinian

Beautiful Sites

Vast Valleys

Participating Sunlight

Another of the Villages

Yet Another Village