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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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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.
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
Magnum Maquis Rouge 2012, Domaine Vinci
Lledo what? Here is 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 generosity of Roussillon. The grapes are vinified in whole bunches, trampled by foot, then placed in cement vats. A captivating nose with notes of raspberry, confirmed on the palate, with a fairly pronounced tannic grain.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.
Lledo what? Here is 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 generosity of Roussillon. The grapes are vinified in whole bunches, trampled by foot, then placed in cement vats. A captivating nose with notes of raspberry, confirmed on the palate, with a fairly pronounced tannic grain.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.
Le Blanc des Garennes, White 2024
Fond Cyprès
Nestled in the heart of Languedoc, the Fond Cyprès estate unveils with Le Blanc des Garennes 2024 a natural white wine of great finesse. This blend of Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, and Viognier embodies the balance between freshness, creaminess, and aromatic expression of the South, all while adhering to the principles of committed organic viticulture.
Controlled aging for a silky texture
The grapes, grown on clay-limestone soils, are pressed directly after harvest, without maceration. Fermentation occurs with indigenous yeasts, without inputs, then the wine is aged for five months in multi-vintage barrels to round out the texture without imbuing the aromatic profile with wood. The result: a cuvée that is both fresh and full-bodied, with a caressing texture.
A floral nose, a generous palate
Upon tasting, Le Blanc des Garennes entices with its delicate aromas of white flowers, peach, and yellow fruits. On the palate, the wine is both supple and taut, with a slightly saline undertone and a beautiful persistence. It combines volume and vivacity, without ever becoming heavy.
Pairings and sharing moments
Served between 10 and 12 °C, this natural wine pairs wonderfully with shellfish, white meats, sunny herb-infused dishes, or even Italian or Mediterranean cuisine. It can be enjoyed in its youth but will gain complexity over 5 to 10 years. A gastronomic, accessible, and refined cuvée.
Es d’aqui Trachéo Red 2019
A superb wine, refined and fresh, beautifully fruity. A nose of raspberry, rose, licorice, and Languedoc garrigue. On the palate, very well-integrated tannins. Beautiful energy, sunshine, and plenty of structure. This is a pure Grenache, made from grapes grown in the schist soils of Cabrerolles, in the Faugères region. It has a aging potential of six or seven years, but can be enjoyed now. The harvest macerates for twenty-three days in whole bunches and the wine is aged in resin vats.
To find out more
A child of Ariège, Jean-Louis Pinto chose to stay in the country and make wines that resemble their terroir, hence the name Es d’Aqui (“It’s, it’s from here”) that he gave to his winemaking business, located in Moulin-Neuf, a town near Aude, between Mirepoix and Limoux. A region where vines once abounded, until the major mildew attacks at the beginning of the 20th century. Jean-Louis buys grapes grown organically by other winegrowers, his friends, in whom he has complete confidence. He doesn’t just buy the product, he monitors the fruit set, the ripening, and makes regular visits until August, in order to know the grapes before harvesting them. He vinifies it at home using natural methods, practicing long macerations with whole bunches. A three-week maceration is common for him, as are very gentle pressings in a vertical press. He says he has "a lot of vines in common" with his friend Anthony Tortul (La Sorga, see link). His collection area extends throughout the Languedoc, particularly in the Hérault, around Adissan, Faugères and Saint-Chinian, as well as in the Aude (Limoux) and Tarn (Gaillac), two terroirs that are dear to him. It turns out that the typical Languedoc soils – schist, basalt, pebbles, clay-siliceous – particularly appeal to him for the freshness they give to the wines. "I make wines from the South," he says. "I especially look for terroirs that give freshness, even if the wines have an alcohol content of 14%." » The grape varieties are, of course, typically Languedoc: Grenache, Carignan, Mauzac, Cinsault, Braucol, Duras and Sauvignon. The most powerful reds are made in five terracotta jars, which help him control the extraction and give his wines, he says, "a very crystalline side." The soil, the location, as we understand it, are of the utmost importance to him: once again, the name of his estate Es d'Aqui was not chosen by chance.
Magnum Entre Cœurs Red 2011
Domaine Leonine
This 100% Grenache red comes from schist terroirs located in Port-Vendres, by the sea, near Collioure. The harvest undergoes a fifteen-day carbonic maceration, in 10 hectoliter vats, without punching down or pumping over. After pressing, aging is nine months in 300 and 400 liter barrels, with racking and bottling by gravity without added sulfur.
Natural wine without added sulfites.
Magnum Danslezetoiles 2015
Es d'aqui Jean Louis Pinto
This blend of Braucol, Carignan, and Muscat grown on clay-limestone soils was vinified in amphorae. Notes of candied black fruit and leather are added to the fruity and herbaceous notes, much to the delight of natural wine lovers. Plenty of aromatic presence, character, and originality.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.
Magnum Tracheo 2016
Es d'aqui Jean Louis Pinto
This pure Grenache comes from the schist soils of Faugères. It is a superb wine, refined and fresh, beautifully fruity. It has aging potential for six or seven years, but can be enjoyed now. Nose of raspberry, rose, licorice, and Languedoc garrigue. On the palate, very well-integrated tannins. Beautiful energy, sunshine, and plenty of structure.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.
Ranciolytique Red 2010
The Grenache vines from which this red wine is produced are located in Lagrasse, in the Corbières region, on clay-limestone and ferruginous soils. After a nine-month whole-bunch maceration, the wine is aged in demijohns and then in old barrels for eighteen months. This wine possesses sweet aromas of candied grapes, chocolate, and cherry, making it an excellent companion to cheese, a tangy dessert, or chocolate mousse. It can be aged for twenty years.
A natural wine with no added sulfites.
La Bea...Titube White 2011,
For this sweet single-varietal Muscat à petits grains, the grapes macerate in whole bunches for a week and then are aged in old barrels for eighty-four months. Its balsamic notes of sweet spices, cinnamon, and bergamot will pair superbly with foie gras or blue-veined cheese. Unlimited aging potential.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.
Pairs with: Charcuterie, Desserts, Cheeses
Rosé 2015
Domaine Le Temps retrouvé
The Grenache Noir and Carignan grapes that make up this cuvée are forty and one hundred and thirty years old, respectively. They grow in a complex mixture of clay, silica, mica-rich schist, quartz, and gneiss. Michaël Georget pollinates the vineyard by introducing bees. The grapes are pressed directly, and aged for ten months in old 400-liter barrels.
A natural wine with no added sulfites.
