Domaine de L'Hortus - Pic Saint-Loup Bergerie de L'Hortus rouge 2023
93/100
Le Figaro
91/100
Decanter
"A must-have for your wine cellar!"
Bergerie de l’Hortus is a powerful, intense red with aromas of ripe black fruit, licorice, and sweet spices. The attack is clean and well-balanced, with mellow tannins and a lovely spicy finish, delicately laced with licorice and hints of menthol.
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Eye
Deep ruby red with garnet highlights
Nose
Powerful and complex, with notes of dark red fruits, vanilla, licorice, and sweet spices.
Mouth
Upfront attack of crisp red berries, well-balanced, mellow tannins, lovely finish with notes of spices and flowers, delicious and fresh.
Serve
At 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink before
2029
Food and wine pairings
Best enjoyed with a nice veal chop, but also with poultry, or more broadly with white meat or andouillette sausage...
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2026 guide) 2 stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more consistent and uniform than the previous one)
About the estate:
With one foot on Pic Saint-Loup and the other on the Coteaux du Languedoc appellation and the IGP, the Orliac family owns 80 hectares of vineyards in the garrigue, in the heart of the Hérault region. Jean intelligently oversees the estate's destiny despite the bereavements that have affected the family. With several ranges of wine spread across this wide palette of terroirs (Bergerie de l'Hortus, Clos du Prieur), the Orliac family strives to produce wines of great precision, particularly the fine and elegant reds. The style of the wines is evolving with an expensive cuvée, Le Dit de l'Hortus, which remains in line with the estate's tradition, while the other cuvées are evolving towards greater lightness so that they can be enjoyed sooner.
Decanter
Wine rating (2024 guide) 91/100 (2022 vintage)
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate (2026 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the estate:
Between Pic Saint-Loup and Causse de l'Hortus, in the Combe de Fambetou, this renowned estate covers 85 hectares of varied terroirs. Starting in 1978, Jean and Marie-Thérèse Orliac cleared the scrubland, restored the terraces, built a winery and a house, and then brought their children to live with them.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
Le Figaro vins
Wine rating (2024 guide) 93/100 (2022 vintage)
ESTATE PRICE
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