Chateau La Bastide Viognier Vin de Pays d'Oc

Chateau La Bastide Syrah Vin de Pays d'Oc from France, Languedoc-Roussillon by Chateau la Bastide Powerful Reds (12 x 75 cl)

Chateau La Bastide Merlot Vin de Pays d'Oc from France, Languedoc-Roussillon by Chateau la Bastide Soft & Supple Reds (12 x 75 cl)

Ruby red with red fruit aromas of cranberries and red cherries it is light, clean and fresh on the palate with lively acidity and recurrent flavours of cassis and vanilla. (12 x 75 cl)

The Bergerie de la Bastide blanc is a mouthful, and then some, of Vermentino and roughly equal proportions of Grenache Blanc, chardonnay and Sauvignon. It reveals typical notes of dried herbs, white flowers, fennel, juniper and green olive with a touch of citrus to bring up the rear. (12 x 75 cl)

Lovely Corbieres Blanc made from Roussanne, Vermentino and Bourboulenc, 85% cold fermented in cuve and 5% fermented in new oak (12 x 75 cl)

80% Syrah, Grenache and Carignan Vieilles Vignes at 38 hl/ha in the hands of Guilhem Durand makes Chateau la Bastide a wonderful mouthful of extraordinary good value. The 70-hectare vineyard is south east facing on chalky clay soil with alluvial gravel covering much of the topsoil and large round stones covering the best vineyard area. Apart from the Carignan which is vinified with maceration carbonique, the cuvaison at 27C lasts for 15 days for Chateau La Bastide Durand, and up to 25 days for Chateau la Bastide itself, the must being pumped over. All the wines are made and matured in a mixture of cement and stainless steel tanks (12 x 75 cl)

Chateau de la Negly DOMAINE de BOEDE LE PAVILLON ROUGE Vin de Pays Languedoc-Roussillon from France, Languedoc-Roussillon by Chateau de la Negly (12 x 75 cl)

The Chateau is now run by Jean-Claude Zabalia and this is a large scale, firm, beefcake of a wine. (12 x 75 cl)

Soft yellow-straw coloured wine, it has balanced acidity, nicely extracted with tropical fruits and soft sweet herb flavours. Rich and lush in the mouth, with fine length and intensity. (6 x 75 cl)