Paul

​Winemakers Stephanie & Olivier Ramé, a husband and wife team, are the third generation of their family to run the show at Maison Ventenac. Their vineyards are in Cabardès, the only Languedoc appellation that allows both Atlantic and Mediterranean grape varieties, so offering a unique exploration of flavors. The village is famed for its limestone, chalky soils, which they say gives their wines their saline & fresh characters. The winemaking philosophy is to allow their unique terroir to shine through in the wines, presenting them as naturally as possible and raising in tuns, terra cotta urns and concrete vats to enhance their purity.

Interesting nose brimming with perfumed aniseed and eucalyptus flavors alongside dark berry fruit. On the palate juicy ripe cherries are balanced by slightly grippy tannins and a cooling menthol freshness. This is enjoyable and nuanced.