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Corbières Blanc, Château Ollieux Romanis 2022
Although most Corbières is red, some limestone soils there are also very good for whites. Pierre Bories at Ollieux-Romanis has been working hard on his whites, creating wines that are crisp and fruity. The 2021 was good and the 2022 even better.
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Code: FC44581
Wine characteristics
- White Wine
- 2 - Dry
- Marsanne Roussanne
- 75cl
- Now to 2025
- 12.5% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Cork, natural
- Organic
Château Ollieux Romanis
The Bories family have been making wine in Corbières for generations, since they built their own winery and cellar in 1896 using original stones from the estate’s quarry. In the 1980s, Jacqueline and François Bories completely rejuvenated the family property, buying up parcels of vines and restructuring the vineyards, wisely refusing to pull up the older vines as so many other producers were doing. Now Ollieux Romanis owns some of the oldest vines in the region.
Jacqueline and François laid excellent foundations for their son, Pierre Bories, who began working with them in 2001 and has maintained the Chateau’s excellent reputation ever since.
The domaine is located at the heart of Boutenac, one of the 11 sub-zones of Corbières and historically better known for olive groves and grazing sheep. In 2005 it became the only Corbières sub-region with its own ‘cru’ status, so it is deemed by most to be the best of the bunch. The domaine’s 150 hectares of vineyards are particularly well positioned in a south-south-easterly aspect which gives shelter from the north wind and is a beautiful sun-trap.
Impressively, more than a third of their vines are carignan aged between 50 and over 100 years old, but they also grow syrah, grenache noir, mourvèdre, roussanne and marsanne, among other varieties. Soil types vary greatly too – from hard clay with rolled pebbles, to red mediterranean soil – but all are excellent at keeping vines hydrated in the scorching summer heat.
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