Chateau La Baronne "En Montant l'Alaric" red 2019

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Château La Baronne "En montant l'Alaric" red 2019

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2025 (Sept 2024): 92/100. Alaric, a selection of beautiful plots at the foot of the eponymous mountain, offers a more energetic and spicy approach.

Our comment : the wines of Château La Baronne are primarily composed of carignan, a grape variety that can be somewhat rustic, which the domaine masters wonderfully, especially when the vines are very old, such as in the exceptional cuvée "Pièce de Roche", where the sweetness takes precedence over the rusticity. The cuvée Alaric stands out compared to the other wines of the domaine, with syrah as the predominant grape variety. One immediately experiences different sensations: more ripe red fruits, floral notes on the nose, followed by a firm palate filled with very ripe fruits, crunchy and finishing very fresh, almost mentholated.

Technical sheet written by the domaine :

ORIGIN: Languedoc, Montagne d'Alaric

APPELLATION: AOP Corbières

TERROIR: Blue marls, clay-limestone gravel.

TRAINING: Gobelet & Cordon de Royat (Syrah)

DENSITY: 4500 & 3500 vines per hectare

GRAPE VARIETIES: 55% Syrah (25 years), 30% Carignan (60 years), 15% Grenache (30 years).

HARVEST: Manual

PRODUCTION: 16,000 bottles

SELECTION: in the vineyard, and before destemming

VINIFICATION: Stainless steel and cement tanks, fermentation with indigenous yeasts, 28-30 days of maceration, no sulfites during vinification.

AGING: 12 months in barrels with stirring of the lees, then tank.
Bottled unfiltered and unfined


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