Chateau La Baronne "En Montant l'Alaric" red 2020

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Château La Baronne Alaric Red 2019

RVF Guide of the Best Wines of France 2026 (Sept 2025): 89/100. With Alaric, the power dial increases a bit.

Our comment: The wines of Château La Baronne are primarily composed of carignan, a sometimes slightly rustic grape variety that the domaine masters wonderfully, especially when the vines are very old, for example, the exceptional cuvée "Pièce de Roche", where softness takes precedence over rusticity. The cuvée Alaric stands out from the other wines of the domaine, with syrah as the predominant grape. You immediately get different sensations: more ripe red fruits, flowers on the nose, then a very firm mouthfeel, filled with very ripe, crunchy fruits that finish very fresh, almost minty.

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ORIGIN: Languedoc, Montagne d'Alaric

APPELLATION: AOP Corbières

TERROIR: Blue marl, clay-limestone gravel.

PRUNING: 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 vats, fermentation with indigenous yeasts, 28-30 days of maceration, no sulfites during vinification.

AGING: Barrels for 12 months with lees stirring then vat. Bottled unfined-unfiltered

ORGANIC WINE certified FR-BIO10 and Biodynamic Demeter