The taste and aroma of this kind of Merlot perfectly combines shades of mulberry, prunes and pronounced notes of strawberries, which give the wine freshness and brightness.

Perfect with all red and white meat dishes, as well as delicious to drink on its own. 

Harvest is done at night to keep the grapes fresh. The two varieties are fermented separately. Fermentation lasts approximately 2 weeks in neutral containers.

3 months aging in stainless steel tanks.

The grapes are harvested from low yield vines from vineyards with clay-limestone soils of the appellations of Carcassonne and Minervo.

The average age of vines is 20 years old.

Le Grand Noir brand is the new projet of Les Celliers Jean d'Alibert — one of the most famous wine producers in French Languedoc region. The company unites several communal cooperatives, 20 small domains and châteaux in the Haut-Minervois region, 6000 hectares of vineyards with the most interesting terroirs in different climatic zones. The cellar with 102 sections hold over 40.000 hectoliters of wine. Read more