Face B is the second side of a record and a second life at once: the project a young couple built when they left the city to make honest, low-impact wine in the Roussillon.
Backstory
Severin Barioz founded Face B in 2016 in Calce, a tiny village in the heart of Roussillon, France. Originally from Lyon, he studied wine law before spending eight years in Burgundy deepening his craft, then settled in the south with his partner Mathilde Ceccon. The name nods to his Plan B, the flip side of a vinyl record, and the B of Barioz.
The Region
Calce, whose name means limestone in Catalan, sits between the Agly and Tet rivers at around 300 meters. The terroir is a patchwork of schist, slate, and calcareous marl that gives the wines salinity and energy.
Vineyards and Farming
Barioz farms several hectares organically and biodynamically, with nearly all vineyard work done by hand, from pruning to harvest. Production runs to roughly 12,000 bottles a year, weighted toward white varieties alongside Grenache and Carignan.
Winemaking
Each parcel is vinified separately on indigenous yeasts with no additives and no filtration. Sulfur additions are minimal, around 10 mg/L only at bottling. Whites ferment and age in older oak barrels, reds in concrete vats and demi-muids.
The Wines
The result is a range of pure, saline, direct wines, including a traditional-method Blanquette de Limoux and parcel cuvees built on Carignan, Grenache, and the white varieties of Calce.
