La Graine Sauvage
Languedoc · Cabrerolles, Faugères · Organic Certified
Sybil Baldassarre is an Italian oenologist who settled in Cabrerolles, Faugères in 2015 to make white wines in an appellation known for red. Three hectares at 450 metres altitude on ancient fractured schist. Grenache Blanc, Vermentino, Roussanne and Marsanne — no additives, indigenous yeasts.
Region
Languedoc
Certification
Organic Certified
Subregion
Cabrerolles, Faugères
Founded
2015
Wines from La Graine Sauvage
La Graine Sauvage winesRocalhas 2020
Rocalhas 2020 is Sybil Baldassarre's signature wine — 70% Grenache Blanc, 15% Roussanne and 15% Marsanne from old vines planted in 1997 on fractured schist at 450m in Cabrerolles. Rocalhas (fractured stones in Occitan) shows what white Faugères terroir can deliver in the right hands. One of the most talked-about natural whites in Languedoc.
kr 247
Leno Dolce Sole 2022
Leno Dolce Sole is Sybil Baldassarre's most ambitious white — Marsanne, Roussanne and Vermentino with skin contact from the 450m schist terrace in Cabrerolles. More complex and structured than Rocalhas, with the texture of an orange wine and a depth that rewards airing. No additives, native yeasts.
kr 296
Vermentino 2022
Sybil Baldassarre's Vermentino — 100% from old vines planted in 1997 at 450m altitude in Cabrerolles on fractured schist. Vermentino at this elevation and on this schist soil is an entirely different wine from the coastal version: fresher, more mineral and more complex. No additives, native yeasts.
kr 263
About La Graine Sauvage
Sybil Baldassarre is an Italian oenologist who moved to Cabrerolles in Faugères in 2015 with a single purpose: to make white wines from a terroir known almost exclusively for its reds. Her estate La Graine Sauvage sits at 450 metres altitude in the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut-Languedoc, with a south-easterly aspect and views over the Mediterranean. Three hectares of old vines on ancient fractured schist that provides a deep, mineral-rich substrate. The varieties are Grenache Blanc, Vermentino, Roussanne and Marsanne — each harvested by hand and vinified separately with indigenous yeasts, without additives. Sybil also works with INRA on the preservation of old white grape varieties in the region, work that began in 2019. Rocalhas — a reference to the fractured rock outcrops on the parcels — is her signature wine and one of the most talked-about natural white wines in Languedoc.