Corbières - Boutenac

AOC Corbières - Boutenac is the first communal appellation in the Corbières. Built around the "Pinada" pine forest of Boutenac, it covers 220 hectares spread over a dozen communes around the hill. Since its official recognition in 2005, theCorbières - Boutenac AOC has involved some thirty players, divided between winegrowers, cooperatives and merchants. Thanks to soils composed of continental and marine Miocene molasse deposits, sandstone, Carcassonne molasse and hettangian dolomitic limestone, combined with a typically Mediterranean climate, Carignan, Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre vines express their full potential. The wines are aromatic, mineral in character and age well, retaining their freshness and acidity. TheAOC Corbières - Boutenac produces mainly red wines made from a blend of at least two grape varieties, the majority of which must be Carignan, the grape variety emblematic of the appellation.