Château de Lastours Corbières Rouge Cuvée Classique 2023
£13.75
The wine
A light and velvety wine with generous aromas of wild cherries, raspberries and blackberries complemented by hints of liquorice and garrigue. One hundred hectares of vineyard and ten of olive trees on the clay and limestone of the Corbieres Maritime, rebuilt by the Allard family from 2004 and organic since 2020.
The producer
Château de Lastours
View all Château de Lastours winesChâteau de Lastours is a historic estate in Corbieres, named for the watchtowers that once guarded the Via Domitia, a road medieval travellers crossed at their peril. The estate covers 100 hectares of vineyard and ten of olive trees, on the clay and limestone of the Corbieres Maritime. Vines were first planted after the Revolution, but the real transformation came in 2004 when the Allard family took over and rebuilt both vineyard and cellar.
Their approach has been organic and plot-selective from the outset, and the estate gained organic certification in 2020. The wines have won a good deal of recognition and show Corbieres with more delicacy than the appellation is usually credited with.






