Wines made from Mourvèdre grapes of Côtes du Brian
Discover the best wines made with Mourvèdre as a single variety or as a blend of Côtes du Brian.
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
IGP from north-west Hérault crossing the Minervois La Livinière (13 communes, plots at 250–350 m on south-facing terraces and slopes at the edge of the causse, varied schist-marl-limestone-molasse soils, Mediterranean with hot dry summers tempered by dry north-west winds). Carignan, Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre as southern signature varieties in full-bodied reds — profiles of red and black fruits, garrigue and spices, with good altitude-preserved acidity.