Pétouze

Château Beauregard-Mirouze

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Vin de France

Variety

Cinsault

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 are doing that and they wanted to see how it would turn out.

Viticulture

Soil type

Campanian (marine) sandstone on the northern slopes of the Massif de Fontfroide

Vinification

The grapes are destemmed and after 5 days of maceration, a full fermentation is carried out in stainless steel. Grape must is added in at bottling. Unfined, unfiltered, without added sulfites.

ElevageThe wine is then aged 14 months before disgorgement.

Additional info

Total production average1000 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...