Domaine de la Grange des Pères was started in 1989 by Laurent Vaillé, who spent his first years of winemaking training under such winemaking legends as Jean-Francoise Coche-Dury and Gérard Chave. To start his own domain he found a plot of difficult-to-farm limestone in the then undistinguished L’Hérault region of Languedoc. Vaillé proceeded to turn the hard, silty soil into first-class vineyards. He grows Syrah, Mourvedre, Cabernet Sauvignon, Roussanne, Marsanne and Chardonnay, and his wines have a cult following. The estate makes one red and one white blend, both of which typically earn scores in the low- to mid-90s.