With 200 kilometres of Mediterranean coastline and land rising like an amphitheatre to the west, Languedoc-Roussillon, with its four departments of Gard, Hérault, Aude, and Pyrénées Orientale - which also form the Pays d'Oc area - has a fascinating variety of different landscapes.
Three main zones can be distinguished.
Close to the coast and its lagoon lakes are the maritime plains with sandy, calcareous or clayey soils, where the vines benefit from the influence of the Mediterranean and produce wonderfully fruity, light wines.
A little further inland, wide terraces of rolled pebbles have formed, as well as hills and valleys with limestone, marl, clay, sandstone, gravel, molasses, but also basalt. This is the area of the first mountain slopes. The wines here are intense, round and balanced.
On the high-altitude vineyards - bordered to the west by the Cévennes, the Montagne Noir and the Pyrenees - the vines drive their roots into slate, gneiss and granite, which ensures dense structures and naturally spicy accents.
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Land of the grape varieties
Pays d'Oc entries 2022
Alma Cersius
Anne de Joyeuse
Blanville
Château Borie Neuve
Château de L'Herbe Sainte
Château des Coccinelles
Domaine de La Cendrillon
Domaine de Saint Cels
Domaine Gérard Bertrand
Domaine La Provenquière
Domaine les Yeuses
Domaine Pujol
Domaine Py
Domaine Ricardelle de Lautrec
Domaine Villepeyroux Forest
Le Rosé de Bessan
Les Jamelles
Les Vignobles Foncalieu
Maison Jeanjean
MAS DU NOVI
Pierrick Harang Wine
SCA Les Collines du Bourdic
