Château Beauregard-Mirouze

Karine and Nicolas Mirouze

Imagine a natural park of over 700 acres in the rocky hills above Corbières. In the center of this private reserve owned by the Mirouze family for over a century, surrounded by forest and garrigue, you’ll find 50 acres of isolated vineyards. Nicolas Mirouze took over this family domaine in 2000, though prior, all of the grapes were sold off to négociants. Alongside his wife Karine, the pair spent the next decade gradually bringing the soil back to life and converting the domaine to certified organic farming in 2010. In 2019, the estate also became certified biodynamic. They make all of their own compost, keep sheep to graze in the vineyards, and ensure biodiversity by planting hedges around the vines.

As young winemakers, Nicolas and Karine began producing the excellent value Campana wines, which are typical of Corbières. After an eye-opening visit with some of the best biodynamic wines in Burgundy, they were inspired by their tastings and pushed their winemaking further, constantly asking themselves how they could farm better and make better wines.

A chance event during the 2014 harvest enabled them to begin making the low sulfur, natural wines they had imagined. They had nearly finished the harvest, save for a small parcel of their best old vine Syrah. At night, a huge rainstorm passed through, which blocked access to the vineyard. When they returned to harvest a week later, they seized the opportunity to make a micro cuvée: 1500 bottles of Syrah using only natural yeast, no pumping, no filtration, and only a tiny bit of SO2 added at bottling. They called it the ‘Cuvée Sol,’ a reference to their focus on bringing the soil back to life. Today, this cuvée is a blend of old vine Syrah and Mourvèdre, and is their earthy, richer natural red wine.

Since then, they have added the cuvée ‘Ciel de Sud’ (The Southern Sky), a lighter style red wine made primarily from north-facing vineyards and very little extraction to keep freshness in the wine. The range continues to evolve with the Rouze, Blouze, and Petouze wines, which offer lightest extraction and maximum glugability.

Karine and Nicolas continue to produce the Campana Corbières wines under the historic Chateau Beauregard-Mirouze label, while the more personal, natural wines are bottled under Karine & Nicolas Mirouze and feature artwork by a local artist, Philippe Nivez.

Key information

Languedoc-Roussillon

Bizanet

25 hectares

Founded in 1881

Organic certified since 2013, Biodynamic certified since 2019 (Demeter)

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The wines

Vin de France RouZe

Red Wine
 : Cinsault, Carignan, Mourvèdre
Mirouze Vin de France Rouze (Cinsault)

Rouze was the first cuvée made from the "Ouze" line - natural, fun wines from Karine et Nicolas Mirouze. This low-alcohol, light bodied "half red, half rosé" is a true vin de soif made from Cinsault and Carignan lightly pressed after a short macera...

Pétouze

Red Wine
 : Cinsault
Mirouze Petouze

Always looking for new ideas to make fun and enjoyable wines from their biodynamic farm vineyard, Nicolas and Karine started making this sparkling red pet-nat in 2020. It's 100% Cinsault, and they decided to make a red because very few other people...

Bucolique

Red Wine
 : Carignan, Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, Merlot, and Mourvèdre
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Bucolic refers to pastoral poetry. It is above all a tribute to the holistic grazing that is carried out by Pedro’s herd throughout the year. It is also a testimony to the harmony that they seek on the whole estate, which gains more autonomy every ...

Vin de France BlouZe

White Wine
 : Viognier
Mirouze_Blouze

"Nicolas and Karine Mirouze created the ""ouze"" line of wines as a way of making, fun easy to drink ""vins de soif"" from their biodynamic farm in the south of France. The wines are all naturally vinified with a light touch and minimal added sulfu...

Corbières Campana Blanc

White Wine
 : 1/3 Marsanne, 1/3 Roussane, 1/3 Vermentino
Mirouze-Campana-Blanc

Campana is the Mirouze take on a "classic" Corbières, albeit farmed biodynamically with sheep grazing in the vineyards. The name Campana means 'Bell' in Occitan, but is also a reference to 'campagne', or countryside. The white is a blend of 1/3 Ma...

Corbières Campana Rosé

Rose Wine
 : 1/3 Cinsault, 1/3 Syrah, 1/3 Grenache
Mirouze-Campana-Rose

Campana is the Mirouze take on a "classic" Corbières, albeit farmed biodynamically with sheep grazing in the vineyards. The name Campana means 'Bell' in Occitan, but is also a reference to 'campagne', or countryside. The rosé is a blend of 1/3 S...

Vin de France NiouZe

Red Wine
 : Cinsault, Carignan, Mourvèdre
Mirouze_Niouze

Nicolas and Karine Mirouze created the "ouze" line of wines as a way of making, fun easy to drink "vins de soif" from their biodynamic farm in the south of France. The wines are all naturally vinified with a light touch and minimal added sulfur. Ni...

Corbières Campana Rouge

Red Wine
 : 50% Syrah, 50% Grenache
Mirouze-Campana-Rouge

Campana is the Mirouze take on a "classic" Corbieres, albeit farmed biodynamically with sheep grazing in the vineyards. This blend of Syrah and Grenache, is structured, full red wine. The name Campana means 'Bell' in Occitan, but is also a referenc...

Vin de France Ciel Rouge

Red Wine
 : Syrah, Carignan, Merlot
Mirouze Vin de France Ciel du Sud (Syrah Carignan Grenache)

Up in the sky, it's "Ciel!" This Syrah/Carignan/Merlot blend is a red, juicy fruit joy from the Mirouzes, and a testament to the fact that their high-altitude Corbières are consistently easy to drink.

Corbières Sol

Red Wine
 : Syrah, Mourvèdre
Sol

As the name suggests, "Sol" (ground) is an earthy Syrah/Mourvèdre blend from the Mirouze family that shows that low-sulfur, biodynamic wines can have well-balanced structure.