Le Grand Noir Syrah

To accompany pasta dishes, red meat and mildly spiced dishes are a perfect match.

Dark red purple colour , intense aromas of black olive, black pepper with a touch of spice. Soft tannins balanced with a good acidity with lingering blackcurrant flavours combined with subtle vanilla.

The Syrah is the most extraordinary grape. Like the greatest guitar solos, it can be lyrical and wild and sensual, all at the same time. And the soils and microclimates of the carefully chosen vineyards in our ancient part of Southern France perfectly bring out all of its spicy, blackberryish character. We were among the very first to allow it to really express itself in this way, but a black sheep never follows the herd.

Located at an altitude of 100-400 m above sea level in the western part of the Mediterranean coast in the vicinity of Minervois, near the border of Spain. Cabernet is planted on slopes with alluvial soils, on terraced areas with clay and limestone. Average age of vines: 20 years.

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.