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BaladeLa 2ème édition des CAMINS DE BOUTENAC Balades vigneronnes a eu lieu le 27 juin dernier.

220 personnes ont arpenté les chemins du terroir de Boutenac et 350 personnes se sont retrouvés au Château de Boutenac pour partager la soirée de clôture avec les vignerons.

Merci à tous les participants et rendez-vous l'année prochaine !

Les vignerons du Cru Boutenac entament une tournée de dégustation qui débute le 27 mars au Petit Comptoir à Narbonne suivie du :

- 3 Avril à Côté Ferme Carcassonne

- 8 Avril à l'Atelier de l'Echarpe à Toulouse

- 29 Avril à Trinque Fougasse Nord à Montpellier

- 13 Mai à Trinque Fougasse Sud à Montpellier

Retrouvez toutes les informations de chaque dégustation dans notre agenda web.

Organisateur :

Syndicat de l'AOC Corbières-Boutenac

Le Château 11200 Boutenac, France
Tél. : 33 (0)4 68 27 73 00
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Edition 2015 des Camins de Boutenac

La 2ème édition des CAMINS DE BOUTENAC Balades vigneronnes,

aura lieu le Samedi 27 Juin 2015

sous le parrainage de Gilles Goujon.

 

Au programme :
 
- 3 nouvelles balades à la découverte du terroir de Boutenac en compagnie des vignerons, ponctuées de haltes :
 
               - Grand Camin du Pinada : toute la journée, avec pause pique-nique
du Cellier des Demoiselles à St Laurent de la Cabrerisse au Château de Boutenac
               - Petit Camin du Laouza : balade l'après-midi
du Caveau de Graffan à Ferrals les Corbières au Château de Boutenac
               - Petit Camin de la Roche Trouée : balade l'après-midi
du Château de Luc à Luc Sur Orbieu au Château de Boutenac
 
- une soirée Vins & Gastronomie au Château de Boutenac :
 
               - Dégustation de vins
               - Cocktail dînatoire gastronomique concocté par les Cuisiniers Cavistes de Narbonne
               - Participation de Gilles Goujon et de Pole Sud
               - Soirée musicale ''Vintage Swing'' animée par David Costa Coelho & The Smoky Jo Combo
 
Les Camins 2015 à la carte :

- Grand Camins du Pinada avec pique-nique  : 25,00€ 

- Grand Camin du Pinada avec pique-nique et soirée  : 65,00€

- Petit Camin (au choix) avec soirée : 55,00€

- Tarif enfant de moins de 12 ans (prix unique) : 15,00€

 

Réservation sur inscription auprès de  :

Syndicat de l'AOC Corbières-Boutenac

Le Château 11200 Boutenac, France
Tél. : 33 (0)4 68 27 73 00
Fax : 33 (0)4 68 27 73 01
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CAMINS DE BOUTENAC, THE WINEGROWERS’ TRAIL

We take a look back over a ramble tailored for inquisitive wine enthusiasts. The 6th of its kind, it covered 15 kilometres and along the way offered a seamless introduction to the landscapes, heritage, local characters and wines of Boutenac.

 

Warming up in Gasparets

Leaving Boutenac chateau in the early morning, the air was rather cool on Saturday, May 25. Warm clothes were essential until the wind had chased the clouds away. Our first stop was the hamlet of Gasparets with its large, elegant houses and the winery at La Voulte-Gasparets, via some of the most beautiful vineyards in this 55-hectare estate.

Laurent Reverdy welcomed the groups in turn.

Patrick, his father, took over in their stylish ageing cellar built in 2005, offering him an opportunity to go back over some local history. “We started ageing our red wines in casks in 1978. Yves Laboucarié had been the first, a year earlier, at Domaine de Fontsainte. Fontsainte, Villemajou and La Voulte-Gasparets thus paved the way for Cru Boutenac to emerge. Our Romain Pauc label is aged for eleven to twelve months in casks, only 20% of them new”.

The Reverdys are very attached to oak ageing and they have more recently innovated by launching ‘Une fois de plus’, a new AOC Corbières with a very high proportion of Mourvèdre grown on pebble-strewn soils, that is fermented and matured in one-use casks.

 

From Saint-Martin to Saint-Jean

From Gasparets, Saint-Martin’s church is just a few minutes away. Built in the 12th century on the probable Visigoth remains, it is being restored to its former glory. Cru Boutenac’s iconic belfry was in urgent need of consolidation. “Our history is marked by Martin”, stressed Louis Fabre. “His name is everywhere. The unity of France was built around Martin and his virtues of sharing”. We then wend our way around the pebble-strewn hillocks with their freshly ploughed soils, walk past Villemajou and its building work, then some glorious stone huts and cross a stream before reaching Saint-Jean-de-la-Gineste. There are some emotional moments between a delicate rosé and the stellar Crépuscule label. Marie-Hélène Bacave has been working hard to look after the 20-ha vineyard since her husband passed away. “My daughter and I take an artisanal approach. Her arrival and our collaboration with a young winemaker, Lucie Gauthier, gave me a boost and injected renewed impetus into Saint-Jean”.

We heave a sigh of relief - Boutenac is taking good care of its saints.

 

A snack at Les Ollieux

The threatening sky turns the picnic in the grounds into a snack under the beautiful wooden rafters of the extensive covered courtyard outside the winery at Château des Ollieux. Pierre Bories' entire team is on hand to help out. A glass of chilled rosé is a token of their welcome, and long guest-lined tables, deli meats, tabouleh and lively discussions set the scene. Along with Alta Sia, an unoaked AOC Corbières-Boutenac which is one of Château des Ollieux’s flagship labels, this is an opportunity to discover Alba, the new top-end AOC Corbières range, in this rough and ready setting. The two bottlings are single-vineyard wines grown on Boutenac sandstone soils, one rosé and one red, made from iconoclastic blends (Grenache/Cinsault) and showing incredible mineral expression. After that, we set off again on our walk.

 

Skirting around the Pinada

After Les Ollieux, our destination is Fontsainte, another of the growth’s long-standing estates. In front of the large farmhouse, set at the foot of the Pinada hill range, some very old vines have put down firm roots in the sandstone rocks. The Centurion label, named after a Roman coin minted under Tiberius and found in the vineyards, attests to the ancient history of vine growing in these parts. This tradition is partly responsible for the success of the estate's wines in far-flung markets, both in the United States and in China.

The sun finally manages to break through the clouds, as we bob along the vineyard paths lined with bushes of broom in flower. In the corner of Cécile Bonnafous' favourite vineyard, the gariguette strawberry sorbet by Pôle Sud offers a much-welcome, refreshing break before heading into the pine grove and returning to our starting point. Now well into the afternoon, we have come full circle.

At dusk, most of the ramblers and local winegrowers meet up at Boutenac chateau and the discovery continues, but this time to music.

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