Seven-generation Corbieres-Boutenac estate at the Gasparets hamlet, run by the Reverdy family - Patrick alongside sons Laurent and Paul - with the Romain Pauc old-vine Carignan as the cellar flagship.
Signature wines: voulte-gasparets-romain-pauc, voulte-gasparets-cuvee-reservee, voulte-gasparets-vieilles-vignes
Tip: Romain Pauc (named for the founder of the modern era) is the cellar Corbieres-Boutenac; the Cuvee Reservee is the AOC Corbieres value bottling.
Address: 13 Rue des Corbieres, Hameau de Gasparets, 11200 Boutenac, France, Languedoc
Burgundy-trained estate founded in 1989 by Herve Leferrer (former INAO official and Domaine de la Romanee-Conti director), 17 hectares of Corbieres at 300 metres altitude in a heart of the appellation surrounded by garrigue.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at Ferrals-les-Corbieres by appointment
Signature wines: grand-cres-rouge, grand-cres-blanc, grand-cres-majeure
Tip: Cuvee Majeure is the structured Corbieres rouge that benefits most from cellar age.
Corbieres-Boutenac organic estate at Montseret on Route Departementale 613, run by Pierre Bories with a vineyard restaurant (La Touketa) on the property.
Tasting: Cellar tastings and on-site bistro La Touketa at Montseret
Signature wines: ollieux-romanis-cuvee-classique, ollieux-romanis-or-de-la-touketa, ollieux-romanis-prestige-boutenac
Tip: The Prestige Boutenac (Carignan-Grenache-Syrah) is the cellar bottling; the on-site La Touketa restaurant pairs the wines with regional food.
Corbieres-Boutenac family estate at Boutenac, founded in its modern form in 1971 by Yves Laboucarie and run since 1993 by his son Bruno Laboucarie, with Clos du Centurion and Reserve La Demoiselle as the cellar reds.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at Boutenac year-round
Signature wines: fontsainte-clos-du-centurion, fontsainte-reserve-la-demoiselle, fontsainte-gris-de-gris
Tip: The Gris de Gris (Grenache-Cinsault blush) is one of the Corbieres' best-known light-pink wines for hot-summer dinners.
Welsh-owned Corbieres organic estate at Fraisse-des-Corbieres on the southern Languedoc border, 10 hectares in the rocky Hautes Corbieres on the edge of the Roussillon, run by Jon and Elizabeth Bowen for more than two decades.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at Fraisse-des-Corbieres by appointment
Signature wines: sainte-croix-le-fournas, sainte-croix-magneric, sainte-croix-celeste
Tip: Le Fournas and Magneric are the cellar reds; the estate's natural-leaning approach gets it picked up by UK and US natural-wine importers.
Burgundy-trained estate founded in 1989 by Herve Leferrer (former INAO official and Domaine de la Romanee-Conti director), 17 hectares of Corbieres at 300 metres altitude in a heart of the appellation surrounded by garrigue.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at Ferrals-les-Corbieres by appointment
Signature wines: grand-cres-rouge, grand-cres-blanc, grand-cres-majeure
Tip: Cuvee Majeure is the structured Corbieres rouge that benefits most from cellar age.
Corbieres-Boutenac organic estate at Montseret on Route Departementale 613, run by Pierre Bories with a vineyard restaurant (La Touketa) on the property.
Tasting: Cellar tastings and on-site bistro La Touketa at Montseret
Signature wines: ollieux-romanis-cuvee-classique, ollieux-romanis-or-de-la-touketa, ollieux-romanis-prestige-boutenac
Tip: The Prestige Boutenac (Carignan-Grenache-Syrah) is the cellar bottling; the on-site La Touketa restaurant pairs the wines with regional food.
Corbieres-Boutenac family estate at Boutenac, founded in its modern form in 1971 by Yves Laboucarie and run since 1993 by his son Bruno Laboucarie, with Clos du Centurion and Reserve La Demoiselle as the cellar reds.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at Boutenac year-round
Signature wines: fontsainte-clos-du-centurion, fontsainte-reserve-la-demoiselle, fontsainte-gris-de-gris
Tip: The Gris de Gris (Grenache-Cinsault blush) is one of the Corbieres' best-known light-pink wines for hot-summer dinners.
Welsh-owned Corbieres organic estate at Fraisse-des-Corbieres on the southern Languedoc border, 10 hectares in the rocky Hautes Corbieres on the edge of the Roussillon, run by Jon and Elizabeth Bowen for more than two decades.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at Fraisse-des-Corbieres by appointment
Signature wines: sainte-croix-le-fournas, sainte-croix-magneric, sainte-croix-celeste
Tip: Le Fournas and Magneric are the cellar reds; the estate's natural-leaning approach gets it picked up by UK and US natural-wine importers.
Minervois-La Liviniere biodynamic estate purchased in 1997 by British-born Robert Eden, certified organic by Ecocert in 2002, Biodyvin in 2004 and Demeter in 2008, with B Corp certification awarded in 2016.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at La Liviniere by appointment
Signature wines: maris-la-touge, maris-les-planels, maris-old-vine-grenache
Tip: Les Planels is the upper-tier Syrah-Grenache bottling; the on-site hemp-cellar building is a sustainability case study in its own right.
Minervois organic estate on the high limestone plateau of Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, founded by Franco-American couple John and Nicole Bojanowski, working both dry Minervois reds and AOC Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois fortified Muscats.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at Saint-Jean-de-Minervois by appointment
Signature wines: gravillas-l-inattendu, gravillas-lo-vielh, gravillas-muscat
Tip: Lo Vielh is the old-vine Carignan; the Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois bottling is an age-worthy Languedoc fortified white that holds for a decade in cellar.
