Tasting of 4 wines - Château de Serres Vineyard & Winery

Wine tasting at the Château de Serres surrounded by vines which serve as a backdrop. Discover its English-style park dating from the 19th century and classified as a Remarkable Natural Site in 1977. Sabine, its owner, welcomes you to her estate bordered by the Canal du Midi and which offers a direct view of the City of Carcassonne.
She will pass on her passion to you and will make you taste 4 wines: a white, a rosé, a red and a Malepère in the cellars of this house which has a unique charm and which is surrounded by Mediterranean essences (pines, cypresses, olive trees). Many anecdotes await you in a friendly atmosphere. His house, built in the 16th century, welcomed several great families from Languedoc before being taken over by the Le Marié-Tallavignes family nearly a century ago. The semi-underground cellar benefits from a natural freshness and humidity which guarantee optimal aging conditions for the wines.
THE TERROIR - On the 160 hectares of land surrounding the Château, 25 hectares are dedicated to vines in two appellations: AOP Malepère and IGP Cité de Carcassonne.
The AOP Malepère vines are located on sandy-gravel terraces. This stony terroir has the double advantage of restoring the heat stored during the day and of retaining soil moisture to ensure excellent development of the vines and the ripening of the grapes. These terraces are well ventilated, thus ensuring a healthy harvest, bringing freshness to the wines. It is the favorite terroir of Cabernets and Merlots. The AOP Malepère is the most western terroir of Languedoc, it benefits from the mixed influences of the nearby Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Mediterranean warmth and Atlantic freshness meet, finesse and temperament combine. The IGP Cité de Carcassonne vines are located on clay-limestone soils. The Atlantic grape varieties (Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc) thrive there just as well as the southern grape varieties (Grenache, Syrah and Viognier). The vines, with an average age of 25 years, are cultivated in reasoned agriculture with the greatest care, and harvested in green in order to obtain the optimal maturity of the grapes.
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