【Pre-order Special】12 bottles of Year of the Snake Cabalié for just $1,388, plus you'll receive 3 extra bottles and two engraved glasses (view details)
Authentic, tiny-production, richly flavoured Corbières. It's from Fabrezan, right next door to the Corbières Cru, Boutenac, and a family estate with century-old vines of Grenache, Syrah and Carignan. Velvety, with sumptuous herbal and fruit.
Just across a small country road from Boutenac, where renowned French winemaker Gérard Bertrand makes his £40+ a bottle Corbières, is the village of Fabrezan. It boasts equally impressive, stony vineyards. It's where, in fact, Tony Laithwaite bought his first Corbières in 1971. Today young couple Amelie and Jean Baptiste work tirelessly, in evenings and weekends (after their day jobs as consultant winemakers), tending their ancient vines and making their cru quality Corbières.
The vines were planted by J-B's great grandfather, but until this young couple took over, all the grapes were sold to the local coop. J-B and Amelie took over in 2007, pieced together a tiny shed winery and starting making their own. This fabulous red is the result.
