Chateau d'Oupia - Les Heretiques Pays d'Herault 2023
Price: $13.25
| Producer | Chateau d'Oupia |
| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc |
| Varietal | Red Blend |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 13249 |
Les Heretiques is a southern French red made for everyday enjoyment. Bursting with ripe blackberry, dark cherry, and garrigue herbs, it’s supple and juicy with a hint of spice and earth on the finish. Unfussy and full of character, this should be a go-to bottle for Rhone lovers looking for incredible value and serious personality.
Chateau d'Oupia Description
50% Syrah, 25% Grenache,15% Carignan, 0% Cinsault.
The vines average 40 years old, with some of them being up over 100 years old, and are planted on clay-limestone soils. The fruit is sustainably farmed and harvested partly by hand and partly by machine. The Syrah and Grenache are destemmed and macerated for 3-4 weeks in concrete vats. Carignan and Cinsault remain in whole clusters for a full carbonic maceration in steel tanks. Fermentation is with selected yeasts. The varieties are blended and bottled with a light, non-sterile filtration and a very small dose of sulfur.
"Les Heretiques" is a nod to the Cathars, a heretical Christian group based in the Languedoc but wiped out by order of Pope Innocent III in 1208 in response to the murder of a papal representative by a Cathar supporter near Minervois. The castle which is the home of Chateau d'Oupia dates back to this time as well.
