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Corbières
Home- Wines - Corbières

White, red and Rosé wines. AOC in 1985.

Controlled Cultivation Zone : between Carcassonne, Perpignan, Narbonne and Quillan. Mixed soil with amazing relief sculpted by winds. Crowned by the Cathares citadel, the Corbières ranges stretches on 23 000 ha among which 14 000 are in production.
Geology : a wide variety of soils (schist, limestone, marl). This diversity is the product of 11 terroirs shared between the Hautes Corbières, Corbières Centrale et the Corbières Maritimes.
Climate : dominated by the Mediterranean influence which is the characteristic of the garrigue type of vegetation. The most Westernly exposed terroirs have oceanic influence.
Grape-varieties : Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Carignan and Cinsault for the red and the rosés wines. Le Grenache blanc, Bouboulenc, Maccabeu, Marsanne, Roussanne for the white wines.

Vinification:
Red wines : traditional fermentation or whole grain vinification
Rosés wines : bleeding method
White wines : traditional, skin maceration, vinification in casks.

Caracteristics : the red wines are intense, rich and fleshy with notes of spice and bell-peppers. The tannic structure is rich and blended, a characteristic which gives the Corbières wines a good potential for ageing. The white wines are fine and floral with a perfect harmony between onctuousness and vividness. The rosés are lively and pleasant.


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