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The red wines of Château de l'Horte

GRANDE RESERVE
Appellation Corbieres Controlee
Concentrated powerful wine, chockfull of red and black fruits such as cherries, black berries, subtle toasted wood, mild spices (Garrigue), chocolate and some liquorice. Guide Hachette, Golden Medal Asia Winestyle Contest Singapore 2007, Golden Medal Montreal Wine Selections Canada 2007.

The vineyards of the Carignan that are used for the produce of this wine are more than a 100 years old. The other grapes used for this wine are Grenache, Mourvedre and Syrah. All grapes are handpicked and vigned under controlled temperatures. The wines are stored for several months in brand new French oakwood barrels. This process is unique because there different units of capacity used: 225 litres, 400 litres and 600 litres. The same juice goes into these different sized barrels and because of the influence of these various measures, each barrel has its own unique flavor. The wine is stored for 12 to 15 months and then they are blended in different proportions. Each harvest is different, depending on the used blend.

RESERVE SPECIALE
Appellation Corbieres Controlee

Fullbodied, powerful red wine, with an aroma of Garrigue, fresh red fruits. In the scent and taste you will find mainly fresh and ripe red fruits and a subtle spicyness. It has a lot of structure and an after taste that stays for long. A great glass of red wine, that goes wonderful with good meat, pasta dishes and cheeses.

Made of the classic Corbières blend: Carrignan, Grenache, Mourvedre and Syrah. A strict selection of handpicked grapes. The grapes are transferred to 1 and 2 year old oakwooden barrels, that were previously used for the Grande Reserve. The wines will ripen for 2 years in these barrels and then they are bottled. The flower on the label of this wine is the Hortensia Orchid, which links to the authentic botanic garden of the Marquis de St. Felix, where Château de l’Horte is named after. In those days the garden was well known, and it still exists in its orginal form next to the Château.

MARQUIS DE ST. FELIX
Appellation Corbieres Controlee

Fresh fruity wine with a full flavor of ripe berries. Well balanced and has a full structure, a supple after taste with some spices, pepper and ripe red fruit. An approachable wine to enjoy with a meal or at any time of day.

A blend of Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre and Syrah. About 80% of the wines are stored in concrete cuves, the other 20% is ripened in oak wooden barrels. This gives the wine a soft flavor, while the fruit is the most present. It has a fine balance. The wine are fullbodied and can be enjoyed straight away or stored for a few years, while staying fresh. It has a great structure and is one of the bestsellers of Château de l’Horte.

SELECTION DE LA PORTANELLE
Appellation Corbieres Controlee

A wonderful and refreshing red Corbières wine. Full of fruit and some subtle Garrigue spices. A nice ruby color with intense scent and taste. A concentrated flavor of prunes, brambleberries, berries and a subtle after taste.

A wonderful and refreshing red Corbières wine. Full of fruit and some subtle Garrigue spices. A nice ruby color with intense scent and taste. A concentrated flavor of prunes, brambleberries, berries and a subtle after taste.

DOMAINE DU JARDIN
Vin de Pays de L’Aude

A wonderful and refreshing red Corbières wine. Full of fruit and some subtle Garrigue spices. A nice ruby color with intense scent and taste. A concentrated flavor of prunes, brambleberries, berries and a subtle after taste.

This wine is made of especially selected grapes from selected vineyards in the Haut-Corbières. Every harvest this wine is turned into another blend, depending on which blend is suitable. This red landwine is usually made of the grape types Carignan and Carbernet Sauvignon. On request this blend can vary. Recently there were custom made blends to which the Merlot and/or Syrah was added. This wine is very suitable for blending an exclusive wine with and exclusive label.

This wine is also capable to ripen on 2 year old oak wooden barrels for 12 months. This gives the wine a softer flavor and gives the wine roundedness and complexity. This wine has been awarded Wine of the Year at several companies and has been very succesful in the Netherlands. The grapes are hand picked from vines that are around 70 years old. The produce of this wine is quite limted to guarantee high quality. The choice of quality above quantity is a decision in standards of the Château. The wine has a dominant flavor of red fruits with a hint of spicy, fresh sour flavours and has a soft, supple after taste.

MARQUIS DE L’HORTE
Vin de Pays de L’Aude Carignan
Carbernet Sauvignon

Tasteful red landwine. Beautiful full red ruby color. Full bodied flavor of berries, raspberries, liquorice and a subtle hint of spices. A great wine to accompany many types of dishes but also suitable to drink at any time of day.

Soft, supple red landwine. The grapes used for this wine are carefully hand picked in the northen area of the Corbières. Accessible red wine with the scent and taste of fresh fruit and a supple after taste. This wine is a popular housewine because of its approachableness yet solid structure. This wine is suitable to accompany many types of dishes but is also suited as an aperitif.

MARQUIS DE MONTBRUN
Appellation Corbieres Controlee

Fruity red wine with a supple taste of ripe berries. Well balanced and structered wine with some spices, pepper and mainly lots of ripe red fruits. Accessible wine to accompany a meal of enjoy at any time of day. Suitable for many dishes such as meats, pastas, vegetable dishes and goed ideally with grilled meat from the barbecue.

This wine is made from the traditional grape types from the Corbières: Carignan, Grenache, Syrah and Mouvedre. Part of this wine underwent riping on oak woorden barrels for 6 months. This way, the wine created a supple, rounded flavor without the influence of the wood of the barrels. The fruit is in balance due to the relatively short period of riping.


There is a limited volume of this wine available. The volume varies each harvest depending on the amount of harvested grapes and the quality. The house pictured on the label of this wine is the authentic house of the Marquis de St. Felix. Nowadays Jean-Pierre and Johanna and their two sons live in this house. This wine is very popular as housewine in the Netherlands and Belgium and some wine- and liquorwholesalers.

SYRAH GRENACHE
Appellation Corbieres Controlee

This wine is a special edition which we have produced for the first time, made from the grape types Syrah and Grenache. The quality of the harvested grapes from 2007 was so good, that we took the best part of it and used it for this unique wine.


This wine did not undergo woodriping and consists purely of fruit. We have put another part of these harvested grapes in the brand new oak wooden barrels and depending on the development, this wine will be kept in the barrels for around 12 to 18 months.