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Maxime Magnon, Corbieres Rouge “Campagnes”, 2018

Red Wine from Languedoc & Roussillon, France

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Honing his craft under the wing of Beaujolais natural wine godfather Jean Foillard, Maxime Magon came to Corbieres, in the Languedoc in 2002, taking the windy rocky region by storm. From 100 year old Cargnan vines ( Corbiere's signature grape) and aged in used french oak, Campagnes offers all the dark fruit and feral mineral intensity we yearn for in the Haut Corbieres.

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The traditional heart of wine country in Languedoc is quite boring: flat, fertile vineyards producing oceans of supermarket plonk. But Languedoc is large, and it contains many secret nooks and crannies.

Leave the big vineyards behind and drive towards the border with Spain. The terrain is arid and dry, and rocky outcrops surge out of nowhere, like in a classic Western. The outcrops get bigger and taller as you approach the foothills of the Pyrenées. The air cools as the altitude rises.

Pull off the road in just the right place and you will find, scattered here and there, rows of ancient vines, mostly Carignan. You will wonder how those vines manage to grow. There is no soil on the ground, just loose rocks sitting on a hard surface of schist and limestone.

You are in the Hautes Corbières, the cranny that Maxime Magnon discovered in 2002 when he drove down from Burgundy. The vines were then abandoned, and it became his life's work to nurse them back to life, to make from them wines that evoke the exoticism of the surrounding landscape. Since the beginning, he has done so using fully natural methods, both among the vines and in the winery.

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Carignan

  • Vintage

    2018

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Natural

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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