Corbières Campana Blanc

Château Beauregard-Mirouze

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Type

White Wine

Appellation

Corbieres

Variety

1/3 Marsanne, 1/3 Roussane, 1/3 Vermentino

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 Marsanne, 1/3 Roussane et 1/3 Vermentino, aged in stainless steel tanks that makes a fresh, surprisingly zippy white due to the high elevation of the vineyards.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Massif de Fontfroide

Soil type

Campanian Sandstone

Vinification

The grapes are hand-harvested, pressed, and allowed to settle before racking and fermentation with indigenous yeast. Lightly fined with bentonite, filtered, total free SO2 less than 35 mg/l.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

Total production average4,500 bottles

More about
the producer

Château Beauregard-Mirouze

Founded in 1881

25 hectares

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 v...