Sixteen hectares (40 acres) of old vines on terraced hillsides above Saint-Chinian. A story that began in 1976 and has since become one of passing on, where every cuvée speaks of one parcel and the time it is given.
It all began in 1976, six years before the Saint-Chinian appellation itself was born. Isabelle and Matthieu Champart laid the foundations of the wine estate on the hillsides of Bramefan, a short walk from the village, around one simple idea that still guides the mas today: making wines of terroir, without haste.
Year after year, the estate took shape, parcel by parcel. Old vines were kept rather than pulled up, each soil slowly read and understood, and the Carignan left to grow old. Some vine stocks have now passed the hundred-year mark.
Today, Noémie and Angélique carry the story of Mas Champart forward. The same patience, the same exacting standards, with a fresh eye and new energy. Here the estate is no showcase: it is a place people live in, a house kept alive to the rhythm of the seasons.
Angélique looks after the vines and the cellar day by day; Noémie carries the estate and its future forward. Together they are writing the next chapter, true to the spirit of the founders.
The harvest is done entirely by hand, in small tubs, parcel by parcel, over the best part of a month. The reds ferment with their own indigenous yeasts, in concrete and stainless steel vats, with gentle extraction. Ageing takes its time, always with a very light hand on oak and sulphur. Since the 2023 vintage, the whole estate has been certified organic.
“The hand is the instrument of instruments.”
Aristotle
The tasting room welcomes you all week, by appointment. We would love to pour you our wines, right where they were born.