The best local producers Roquebrun

Domaine du Vieux Chai in Roquebrun is a family-run business committed to respecting tradition and the environment. Set on 9 hectares of clay-limestone and schist soils, it combines century-old vines with trellised cultivation. Its range of white, rosé and red IGP Haute Vallée de l'Orb and AOP Saint-Chinian and Saint-Chinian Roquebrun wines is distinguished by its roundness, freshness and assertive character. Here, working the vines is an art handed down from generation to generation, in harmony with nature, producing exceptional cuvées.

It was while tasting the nearby Cuvée du Patron that we discovered this winemaker, who raises reds, rosés and whites in the heart of the Saint-Chinian appellation's schists, both bottled and in bulk. We liked the Andréus cuvée, a fine blend of Mourvèdre, Syrah and Carignan. It's a generous, full-bodied wine with aromas of ripe fruit. The property stretches along the banks of the Orb, on the lands of the former ^12th-century priory of Saint-André-de-Vexos. Vines were first cultivated here in 1850. A great address!