Château La Voulte Gasparets - Gasparets (Aude) , France - Wineries on Waymarking.com

[FR] Il s’agit là, d’un terroir exceptionnel, résultat d’une véritable curiosité géologique. Le relief est en effet constitué par une terrasse d’alluvions anciennes, longue de 7 km, large de 800 à 1500 m, et d’une altitude à peu près constante de 80 mètres en moyenne. Appuyée sur les collines gréseuses de Boutenac, qui la protègent des atteintes du vent d’ouest, elle a pu être miraculeusement conservée.

Les matériaux qui la constituent sont très variés : limons, éléments calcaires et gréseux et surtout des bancs importants de galets roulés riches en quartz et d’un volume pouvant être important, ces galets roulés donnant à la terrasse sa structure et sa cohésion.

Ce terroir original est en outre bien ensoleillé, bien exposé à l’Est, bien abrité du Cers, graveleux, bien égoutté et facile à travailler.

Il s’agit là sans nul doute d’un des meilleurs terroirs des Corbières sinon le meilleur.

Le climat, c’est ici le climat méditerranéen, chaud et sec, avec une pluviosité qui dépasse rarement 500 mm par an et un soleil ardent et généreux.

En ce qui concerne les cépages, le Château la Voulte-Gasparets est resté heureusement fidèle au Carignan (50%), cépage autochtone traditionnel qui constitue la charpente et l’originalité du vin et dont la rudesse est si bien corrigée par le Grenache (25%), autre cépage traditionnel, ces deux cépages fournissant la caractéristique essentielle du cru Corbières, auxquels s’ajoutent des cépages d’importation relativement récente, le Mourvèdre (15%) et la Syrah (10%). Des cépages particuliers entrent en outre dans l’élaboration des vins blancs : le Rolle, le Grenache, la Roussanne, la Marsanne et le Maccabeu. Ce sont tous des cépages qui composent l’AOC Corbières, obtenue en 1985, à laquelle s’est ajoutée récemment l’appellation Boutenac.

Tous les raisins sont cueillis manuellement, dans le désir de respecter le cep et le fruit. Ils sont ensuite acheminés au chai dans des cagettes, où après un tri rigoureux, ils sont mis entiers en cuve de fermentation pour l’élaboration des vins rouges.

[EN] Nestled in the very heart of Gasparet village, a typical wine-growing village in the Corbières region, the château houses a wine cellar where Patrick Reverdy will welcome you and give you a taste of the great wines, and where you can talk with the winemaker, an important guardian of wine-growing heritage.

The terroir is exceptional, the result of a veritable geological curiosity. The relief is the result of an ancient alluvial terrace, 7 km long, and 800 to 1500 meters across having a constant altitude of about 80 meters. Sheltered by the sandstone hills of Boutenac, which protect it from the west wind, it has been miraculously preserved.

The land is made up of a variety of soils, silt, limestone and sandstone and especially large beds of rounded stones, rich in quartz. The rounded stones give the terrace its structure and cohesion.

The land is sunny, with an eastern exposure, and well protected from the Cers wind, gravelly, well drained and easy to work.

It is considered one of the best terroirs in the Corbières region if not the best.

The climate is Mediterranean, hot and dry, rarely exceeding 500 mm of rain per year, with lots of sunshine.

With respect to the grape varieties, the Château la Voulte-Gasparets uses Carignan (50%), the traditional native variety which gives the wine its structure and originality with the harshness corrected by the other traditional variety Grenache (25%). Other varieties such as Mourvèdre (15%) and Syrah (10%) have recently been added. The particular varieties which make up the white wine are : le Rolle, Grenache, Roussanne, Marsanne and Maccabeu. These are the varieties which make up the Corbières AOC, created in 1985, to which the Boutenac appellation has recently been added.

The grapes are harvested manually. They are then brought to the wine cellar in crates where after a rigorous selection process they are loaded whole into the fermentation vats to be transformed into red wine.

Tasting Room Available?: yes Days and hours of operation: Every day from 9h to 12h and from 14h to 18h Tours Available: no Cost of Tour: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Phone #: 04 68 27 07 86 Address: 13 Rue des Corbières Gasparets, 11200 Boutenac Winery, Wine Cooperative, or Tasting Center's Website: [Web Link] Winery Size: Not listed Attached vineyard?: Not Listed Charge for tasting?: Not Listed Types of wines: Not listed Best Wine Tasted: Not listed Rate the Best Wine Tasted: Not listed Price per Bottle: Not Listed 2nd Best Wine Tasted: Not listed Rate the 2nd Best Wine Tasted: Not listed Price per Bottle #2: Not Listed Winery Club: Not listed Wine Club Description:: Not listed Overall Comments:: Not listed

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