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One could also say "our Occitan wines" or "our wines from the Pays d'Oc". Although Occitania officially designates a larger territory, viticultural Languedoc corresponds roughly to the territory of ancient Septimania or the province of Narbonne. This Mediterranean region includes Gard, Hérault, Aude, Tarn, and Pyrénées-Orientales (Roussillon or French Catalonia). Although it is located west of the Rhône delta, its wines are very different from those of the Southwest, with different terroirs and grape varieties.
The Languedoc vineyard is one of the largest in the world and the first in France by surface area: 240,000 hectares. It is also the oldest, the birthplace of vines in France being in Gaillac. Located in a hot and windy climate, within a rich biodiversity, it offers a multitude of microclimates and terroirs, from schist to sandstone, including clay-limestone and molassic or alluvial soils. It also has a large number of grape varieties. To name only the indigenous varieties: Syrah, Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre, Carignan and Cinsault for reds, and for whites Clairette, Bourboulenc, Maccabeu, Malvoisie, Marsanne, Mauzac, Picpoul, Rolle, Grenache Blanc or Gris, Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, Muscat d'Alexandrie…
It is not surprising, under these conditions, that AOC-AOP (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée/Protégée) and IGP (Indication Géographique Protégée) abound in Languedoc-Roussillon, producing wines whose quality has only improved for decades — and sometimes very great wines in AOCs like Minervois-La Livinière. The region is also a specialist in natural sweet wines (Rivesaltes AOC, Maury, Banyuls) and sweet muscats (Muscats de Rivesaltes, de Frontignan, de Lunel, de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, de Mireval…). Not to mention the sparkling wines of Limoux (AOP Blanquette de Limoux, Crémant de Limoux and Limoux ancestral method).
Among the AOP and AOC for dry and still wines, the count is also impressive: AOP Languedoc (formerly Coteaux-du-Languedoc), Minervois, Corbières, La Clape, Faugères, Pic-Saint-Loup, Terrasses-du-Larzac, Saint-Chinian, Fitou, Côtes-du-Roussillon, Tautavel, Clairette-du-Languedoc, Picpoul-de-Pinet…
Languedoc-Roussillon produces white or red wines, with a predominance of reds. The latter are powerful, dense, full-bodied, and suitable for long aging, offering notes of black fruits, pepper, spices, leather, and robust tannins. A schist soil will accentuate the freshness of these red wines, while the white wines, in such a warm climate, surprise with their freshness, especially in Roussillon. They are remarkable for their balance between fruitiness, roundness, and acidity.
What are the main wine regions of Languedoc-Roussillon?
The major wine regions of Languedoc-Roussillon can be defined by their departments. In Gard, the Costières-de-Nîmes; in Hérault, the Coteaux du Languedoc; in Aude, the Corbières, Minervois, Cabardès, and Limoux; in Pyrénées-Orientales, Roussillon with the Côtes du Roussillon, Rivesaltes, Maury, Banyuls, and Collioure. Fitou, a red cru, is located on the border between Languedoc and Roussillon.
How do Languedoc red wines differ from those of other regions?
It is mainly their grape varieties that make the difference: Carignan, Syrah, and Mourvèdre give the wines a particular character that promotes their freshness and fruitiness much more than one would expect from a region with such hot summers. Languedoc red wines are full-bodied, dense, and powerful, but also balanced, fresh, and aromatic. The centuries-old know-how of the winemakers prevents them from being heavy. They generally keep very well and pair with many dishes.
Which Languedoc red wines should not be missed? The Languedoc red wines sought for their expressiveness and depth are, in Hérault, those from the Pic-Saint-Loup, Cabrières (schist soils) and Faugères appellations, particularly the Berlou cru. In Aude, the La Clape, Minervois-La Livinière, Fitou and Corbières-Boutenac appellations are recommended. In Roussillon, the Tautavel crus and the delicious red wines of Collioure. Maury, a red natural sweet wine made from Grenache Noir, is also not to be missed.
How to choose a Languedoc-Roussillon wine?
If you appreciate full-bodied red wines with substance and notes of red and black fruits, choose a cru from Faugères, Saint-Chinian, Minervois or Corbières. A red wine from Cabrières (Hérault) or Tautavel (Roussillon) will be more mineral thanks to the schist soils.
If you want a natural sweet wine, choose a Rivesaltes or a Maury. For festive bubbles, opt for a Blanquette de Limoux, which can be a white or rosé wine.
If you are looking for dry white wines, those from Côtes du Roussillon can be very great wines that have nothing to envy to the great white Burgundies. Those from Languedoc, endowed with charm and freshness, can also reach very high quality although they are less complex and slightly more acidic. The white wines of Languedoc-Roussillon have the virtue of offering a beautiful acidity without being devoid of richness and roundness.
What dishes pair with Languedoc wines?
Answer: all dishes, thanks to the viticultural diversity of Languedoc, but not with just any wine!
Generous and full-bodied reds will go very well with stewed dishes, daubes, cassoulets, roast lamb and grilled beef. And of course charcuterie and cured meats. As they age, they pair well with black truffles.
The dry white wines of Languedoc, especially Picpoul-de-Pinet and Clairette-du-Languedoc, have a lovely acidity that makes them good companions for all seafood: oysters, shellfish, crustaceans, fish, and also goat or sheep cheeses. With the white wines of Tautavel, Côtes-du-Roussillon or Corbières, the range of pairings is very wide: one can try roasted, stewed or grilled poultry, white meats, and prepared dishes.
Natural sweet wines and sweet muscats are good aperitif or after-dinner wines, but know that with age they can be savored with an entire meal. Do not reserve them for desserts, it's a bit of a shame to do "sweet on sweet" pairings. Their best pairings are well-aged cheeses and ripe fruits such as figs, peaches, melon, cherries for Maury, as well as walnuts, hazelnuts and chestnuts.
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Yggdrasil Red 2015
Yggdrasil is a blend of Merlot grown organically on limestone sands in the Carcassonne region. The grapes are vinified in whole bunches and infused for ninety days; the wine is then aged in vats on its lees for eleven months. The result is a fresh and long wine with notes of black fruits, thyme, and cinnamon, perfect for pairing with red meats or game. Aging potential: ten years.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.
Chat Zen White 2015
This wine is a blend of 40% Sauvignon Blanc (from twenty-seven-year-old vines) and 60% Chasan (a cross of Listan and Chardonnay; from forty-two-year-old vines) from sandy limestone soils near Carcassonne. The Sauvignon Blanc is directly pressed, and the Chasan macerates in the whole-bunch must for seventy days. It is aged for two years in vats. Notes of exotic fruits, dried banana, and curry: a rich aromatic palette perfect for blue cheeses, aged Comté, and Southeast Asian cuisine. Aging potential: twenty years.
Goes with: Asian cuisine, Cheeses
Es d'aqui Nino Red 2016
A 100% Braucol from the Gaillac region! On the palate, this wine, which may seem austere in its early years, eventually develops a vegetal side, notes of candied fruit, and beautiful tannins. The attack is rustic and earthy, the finish fruity and complex.
Muscat Petit Grain White 2002
A liqueur muscat in the tradition of Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, the region where the estate is located. This petit grain muscat is a fortified wine, meaning a must whose fermentation has been interrupted by the addition of alcohol. This produces a delicious beverage, both sweet and fresh, with incredible aromatic complexity. You can keep it chilled almost indefinitely after opening, tightly corked: ideal for pouring a drink for friends who are visiting. Also interesting for catering, served by the glass, due to its stability once the bottle is uncorked. Almost unlimited pairings. Serve chilled.
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Le Petit Domaine de Gimios is located near Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, an ancient terroir and source of sweet muscats from the Languedoc. In fact, the estate is dedicated to the region's typical small-grain muscat (in addition to a few other varieties), and Anne-Marie Lavaysse is firmly rooted in tradition by producing fine wines from this precious grape variety. In 1993, she and her son Pierre took over several old, abandoned vineyards, which she now uses to create the estate. Small, certainly, but multicultural and almost self-sufficient: the muscat from old vines shares the space with vegetable and food crops, fruit trees, and some livestock farming. None of this receives any chemical inputs, sulfur, or mechanical force, and the estate, certified by Écocert, is cultivated biodynamically. On these five hectares, viticulture and mixed farming are one. The harvest is carried out by hand in the early morning, destemmed and foot-trodden, before macerating for approximately ten days using native yeasts. No sulfites are added during bottling. The wines are universally described as "delicious," "pure and fresh," "clear and easy to drink." The house produces dry, sweet, liqueur-like, and fortified muscats, as well as very fruity reds made from traditional local grape varieties. Everywhere, the impression of biting into fresh grapes is felt.
Hedyos Red 2023
Hedyos is a red wine from the Gaillac terroir (Occitanie), organic and natural, produced by Domaine Bois-Moisset and classified as a Vin de France. A classic Syrah from the South, remarkable for its lightness and drinkability.
Vinification
Hedyos is 100% Syrah, produced without any chemical additives and fermented with indigenous yeasts. The Syrah harvest macerates for two weeks in whole bunches.
Tasting
A spicy lightness characterizes Hedyos, a red wine from Domaine Bois Moisset. The Syrah is fluid, supple, and mineral, with a dominant sweet spice and notes of black olives. It pairs well with Mediterranean dishes, tapenade, bagna cauda or anchoïade, pizzas, and pissaladières.
Learn more about Domaine Bois-Moisset
In the heart of France's oldest vineyard—Gaillac, in the Tarn region—Sylvie Ledran, Philippe Maffre, and their son Hippolyte oversee their Bois-Moisset estate, a wine-growing property associated with mixed crop and livestock farming, all organic. Gaillac is famous for its many ancient indigenous grape varieties, and its wine-growing heritage is uniquely rich.
Cows and Vines
Domaine Bois-Moisset is also home to a herd of old local breed cows, and guest rooms are available during the summer months. It is in this small rural paradise that natural wines typical of their origin and their terroir are born, on fifteen hectares of boulbènes, gravelly and sandy-loam soils carried by the Tarn for thousands of years.
Native grape varieties
The grape varieties are dominated by Syrah and Duras, but the wines of the Bois-Moisset estate reflect the ampelographic richness of the Gaillac region (braucol, prunelart, loin-de-l’œil, mauzac, braucol, ondenc, etc.). The red wines are crisply fruity, concentrated but with smooth and delicate tannins, the whites have character and the pet’ nat’ are particularly tasty.
Conciliabulle Sparkling Rosé 2018
Es d'aqui Jean Louis Pinto
This beautiful sparkling natural rosé is a maceration of Muscat and Mourvèdre in separate vats, with the addition of pressed juice. A joyful, lively wine that will be wonderful as an aperitif.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.
Carignan Red 2014,
Made from 130-year-old Carignan vines growing in a complex blend of clay, silica, mica-rich schist, quartz, and gneiss, this wine undergoes extended aging.
A natural wine with no added sulfites.
Coteau Libre White 2015
Two Grenaches for the pleasure of one, and not just any: Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris from vines planted on terraces on clay-siliceous soils. Aged for four years in barrels, Coteau Libre is one of those wines whose texture is evident on the nose. On the palate, it has a beautiful density and a very respectable length.
A natural wine with no added sulfites.
Maquis Red 2015
Lledo what? Here's a deep red produced from Lledoner Pelut, a little-known Catalan grape variety. The Maquis cuvée reflects the quintessence of the clay-limestone soil, with the added bounty of Roussillon. The grapes are vinified in whole bunches, crushed by foot, then placed in cement vats. A captivating nose with notes of raspberry, confirmed on the palate, with a fairly pronounced tannic texture.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.
Retour de Milan, White 2023
Fond Cyprès
With Retour de Milan, Fond Cyprès unveils a brilliant and unprecedented interpretation of Muscat Petit Grain, vinified as a macerated white. This organic orange wine from Languedoc, as elegant as it is expressive, breaks new ground to offer a unique, fresh, and gourmet sensory experience.
A subtle maceration
Here, whole Muscat grapes are macerated for a few days to provide texture and complexity without losing the delicacy of the varietal. Fermentation is spontaneous, using indigenous yeasts, without oenological additives, followed by 5 months of aging in concrete egg, which promotes the wine's natural movement and gentle contact with the lees. The result: a lively, textured juice, yet with exemplary freshness.
A luminous and aromatic orange wine
The nose is vibrant, with notes of bergamot, citrus zest, orange blossom, and fresh lychee. On the palate, the wine balances tension and sweetness, with very fine tannins and a delicately bitter finish that prolongs the pleasure. It is a digestible, chiseled orange wine, both floral and citrusy.
Bold pairings, immediate pleasure
Serve between 10 and 12 °C, without decanting. This wine pairs ideally with Asian cuisines (mild spices, Thai curry, sashimi), aged cheeses (blue cheese, long-aged tommes) or even a lightly sweetened fruit dessert. It can age in the cellar for 5 to 10 years.
Allé Canto Sweet Red 2016
Antony Tortul loves old vineyards: he devotes his life to finding them and making wine from them. Just as there are landless shepherds, he can be defined as a landless winegrower, in other words, a wine merchant whose area of activity extends throughout Languedoc and, eastward, as far as Châteauneuf-du-Pape, in search of the best terroirs. Born in Foix, with six years of experience as a wine technician and oenologist in various vineyards in the south of France, he created La Sorga in 2008. His enthusiasm leads him on a path filled with favorites, and each of these favorites is a vineyard. The result is a dizzying mosaic of natural, lively, and spirited wines, which reinvents itself each year with around thirty cuvées per vintage. Few winemakers can list such a variety of grape varieties on their menu: the whole of southern France is there with muscats, grenaches, picpoul, mauzac, carignan, cinsault, marsanne, alicante, braucol, duras, viognier, len-de-l’el, and all the rest.
This single-varietal wine made from Alicante Bouschet comes from the ferruginous clay-limestone soils of Cessenon-sur-Orb, in the Saint-Chinian appellation area. The vines grow on a very old plot (seventy years old). The late harvest is sorted berry by berry and the vinification is carried out in open amphorae. Maceration takes place for three months, and the wine is aged in demijohns for four years. All this produces a very powerful and aromatic wine, with a kirsch, vegetal and fresh nose, smoky and chocolatey, black olive, which will not leave you indifferent. The palate is full, with very little tannin for an Alicante, and it's hard to get fresher with a late harvest. The wine's ageing is remarkable (more than six months) and the aging potential is a good twenty years.
Magnum Que Pasa Red 2012, Domaine Leonine
Seventy-year-old Grenache noir and gris combine to create this highly drinkable red. The harvest spends fifteen days in carbonic maceration before spending five months in barrels before being bottled by gravity without added sulfur. Juicy, sappy, and delicious, it smells and tastes of the garrigue and the Mediterranean, enhanced by flawless freshness. So what's going on? Only very pleasant things.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.
Coteau Libre Red 2016
A beautiful macabeu with a strong personality, vinified by Michaël Georget in the Albères region. This grape variety has often been used as a blending ingredient; it deserves to shine on its own. The nose already announces the wine's structure and velvety texture, and the palate appreciates the clarity and tension, which doesn't prevent it from being very delicious.
A natural wine with no added sulfites.
Rosé 2016,
Domaine Le Temps retrouvé
A blend of Grenache and Carignan for a rosé that doesn't do things by halves, sourced from the clay-limestone plots of Domaine du Temps retrouvé. On the nose, notes of redcurrant and raspberry are echoed on the palate, accompanied by a lovely acidity. Drink as an aperitif, while listening to Laurent Voulzy's Le Cœur Grenadine.
A natural wine with no added sulfites.
Rafalot Red 2013,
The Carignans of this Côtes-Catalanes are 125 years old and grow at an altitude of 300 meters in a clay-limestone valley, surrounded by wild fig trees, cedars, olive trees, apricot trees, and buzzing beehives, all protected by a pine forest. Fermentation lasts two weeks in concrete vats, with whole bunches crushed by foot, followed by aging in vats. Cherry and spice, supple and elegant tannins: full-bodied and irresistible.
A natural wine with no added sulfites.
Into the Wine Red 2016
La Sorga
The Mourvèdres that make up this single-variety red wine come from the Saint-Chinian appellation. The destemmed grapes macerate in demi-muids (thick 500- to 650-liter barrels) for sixty days, virtually in an infusion, then the wine is aged for six months in amphorae. Notes of violet and black fruits: perfect for a tagine, borscht, or red cabbage velouté. Aging potential: twenty years.
Pairs with: Middle Eastern cuisine, Pot au feu
Fond Cyprès - Rodolphe Ourliac et Laetitia Gianesini
Derrière les Fagots Blanc 2016
3050
€30,50
Unit price perFond Cyprès - Rodolphe Ourliac et Laetitia Gianesini
Derrière les Fagots Blanc 2016
3050
€30,50
Unit price perDerrière les Fagots Blanc 2016,
This Muscat, macerated for six weeks in egg-shaped vats, is aged for two years in barrels under a veil, hence its oxidative character. Fresh, refined, powerful, and long, it is an incomparable table wine.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.
1ER JUS Domaine Red 2024
Fond Cyprès
Neither quite red nor truly rosé: 1er Jus Domaine is a hybrid cuvée, light and natural, that breaks the mold. Produced by Fond Cyprès, it results from a very gentle pressing of Carignan and Grenache grapes, organically grown on clay-limestone soils in Languedoc, with a deliberately supple, fruity, and spontaneous style.
A natural wine without makeup
Whole bunches are placed in vats for a short and gentle maceration, without destemming. Fermentation occurs with indigenous yeasts, without the addition of sulfites or other winemaking additives. Aging for six months in stainless steel tanks preserves the freshness and juiciness of the fruit.
A light and refreshing profile
On the nose, 1er Jus Domaine captivates with its notes of crisp cherry, fresh raspberry, a touch of tart red fruit, and a hint of fresh almond. The color is clear, between ruby and raspberry. On the palate, it is delicate, smooth, with a supple, thirst-quenching texture and a touch of energy on the finish. An ultra-digestible red, almost floral, without pronounced tannins.
To be enjoyed like a spring wine
Served between 14 and 16 °C, 1er Jus perfectly accompanies raw fish, a summer barbecue, appetizer platters, or Asian cuisine with sweet and savory notes. A wine for immediate pleasure, to be drunk within 2 years, to enjoy its freshness and lightness.
