La Pèira is predominantly Syrah (from 25-year-old vines), with some Grenache (28-year-old vines). It comes from a plot called Bois de Pauliau, adjacent to the estate buildings, in the Terrasses du Larzac appellation. A unique wine, whose striking mineral dimension draws you in.
"Darklyfruited aromas of blackberry, cassis and bitter cherry, with a beguiling Rhône-like waft of white pepper and lavender, and a hint of the sauvage. The full-bodied palate is textural, with juicy raspberry and a core of pure, dark fruit, underpinned by slaty minerality and herbaceousness."
France’s ancient Languedoc-Roussillon wine region is also its most dynamic. Sweeping from Provence to the Spanish border, the Languedoc-Roussillon features craggy mountains, rolling hills, salt flats, and broad plains, harbouring vineyard sites and soils of unrivalled diversity. Warm, dry conditions, cooling Mediterranean breezes, and luminous sunshine give intensely-flavoured grapes. If this weren’t enough, cheap land has attracted a new generation of winemakers, bringing investment, expertise and a new appreciation of the Languedoc-Roussillon’s unique terroir.
