Florian Busch, born and raised in the Mosel, brings a unique perspective to the Terrasses du Larzac. The fact that Florian is from Germany, making wines in the south of France in a totally different climate gives his wines a distinctive style. He's not trying to re-work the wheel; the wines are classic, but through the prism of someone who comes from a cool climate region.

The farming is impeccable - certified biodynamic by Demeter from the 2023 vintage. In the cellar, the only additions are low amounts of sulfur. Some people put him in the natural wine camp, but for him, natural is zero additions including sulfur, so he considers himself apart.

The terroir he is working with, Terrasses du Larzac, is considered one of the very best in the south of France. Some of the most respected wines from France come from this same area: Granges des Peres, Mas de Daumas Gassac, and Domaine d'Aupilhac, where Florian worked for six years before striking out on his own. This area has abundant sunshine, but it thankfully gets mountain air at night to cool down the grapes. He also has quite old vines, which is important because it's extremely dry and old vines have a good root system going deep into the soil for water. Many of his parcels border forest or his wife's herb fields giving him great biodiversity with many native plants like wild fennel and arugula.

His main goal in the wines is to tame the potentially high alcohol, creating wines that are complex, with ripe fruit, and great freshness, striking a perfect balance. Florian’s whites are made with an interesting technique of putting whole berries into the tank and pumping juice over them so that the fermentation starts in the berries, a submerged intracellular fermentation. He presses when the fermentation is finished– three to four weeks later. It’s a small portion of the blend on Lou Bragalou and 100% for the Pierre qui Rolle, his orange wine. He wants his wines to be “glou glou”, but ideally he’s aiming for wines that are a combination of serious and easy to drink. He works with tanks on the Lou Bragalou and neutral barrels on the reds and the skin contact Pierre Qui Rolle. Heureux Qui Comme is a mix of tanks and neutral barrels. 

The whites are unique and delicious with great intensity, stoniness and juicy fruit, and bone dry. The reds are bold and fresh – you can taste the combination of the abundant sunshine, the minerals in the soil, and the freshness of the night time mountain air. Welcome a new voice in the Languedoc, Flo Busch.