L'Ostal Minervois Estibals, JM. Cazes
A wine with great structure and depth letting the special terroir shine through. From the famous Cazes family this wine is packing a lot of deliciousness. Toasted cherries on the nose with a full complexity on the palate with great length.
Grape – 60% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 20% Carignan
Country – France
Region – Languedoc-Roussillon
Sub-Region – Minervois
ABV – 15%
Bottle Size - 750ml
Domaine de L’Ostal is situated in the foothills of the Montagne Noire, half-way between the mediaeval town of Carcassonne and the old Roman port in Narbonne. The 60 hectares of vines are situated in one of the finest terroirs of the Languedoc, including a spectacular parcel of Minervois La Livinière, which is expected to have its own AOC by 2020.
The property was purchased in 2002 by Jean-Michel Cazes, the owner of Château Lynch-Bages in Pauillac. He immediately embarked upon a comprehensive restructuring of the vineyard involving mass uprooting, replanting varieties and soil drainage. The aim of this exhaustive approach was to express the full potential of the terroir and the Languedoc’s finest grape varieties: Syrah, Grenache and Carignan. In 2003, the Cazes family purchased the Tuilerie Saint-Joseph (tile factory), a stunning XIX century building that now houses the domaine’s technical facilities.