Corbieres

Corbieres covers a wide expanse of hilly land to the South West of Narbonne and which produces mostly red wines. Like other Languedoc appelations, these were based around the Carignan grape, however ambition and legeslation has led to a gradual increase in the proportion of Syrah, Grenache and Mourverdre. With 11 sub regions and vineyards ranging from sea level to 600m, it is difficult to generalise about the style of the wines, but the best will always have a sense