Brothers Jean-Yves and Pierre-André are the sixth generation of Ournacs to produce wines here. Like other growers in the area, they have progressively replanted their vineyards over the last 15 years, replacing many traditional varieties with Syrah, Chardonnay and Viognier. 
This is an extremely approachable white with a lovely varietal expression – it’s classic Chardonnay, showing green apple and citrus on the nose. The palate displays more cool fruit flavours and has a lovely creamy texture, with a refreshing, vivacious finish.
Oliver Barton, Buying Assistant, Berry Bros. & Rudd.

Isabelle has loved Cabernet Franc ever since a fact-finding mission to the Loire in 1989 ; it is no great surprise, therefore, that the blend here is dominated by this gloriously unpredictable grape (70 % Cabernet Franc, 20 % Syrah, 10% Carignan to be precise) grown on fine clays and Trias sandstone. Deeper of colour and with more obvious red and black fruit than its Loire siblings, this wine captures all the ripe benevolence of a famous harvest and has a ‘cool’ satisfying finish which is hard to resist!
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer

Mas Champart’s Pays d’Oc white (previously called Monts de la Grage) is a fascinating blend of ancestral Languedoc varieties, Terret (80 percent) and Grenache Gris (20 percent), the former from 110-year-old vines, its meagre progeny picked late and then vinified in large wooden vats.
The wine is appropriately different, with hints of salinity underscoring a mid-palate profile, which is dominated by grapefruit, quince and poached pear. Notes of honey and spice are also evidenced and the finish is powerful; an unusual but most impressive example. Exactly the kind of wine, all too seldom unearthed, which shows off the rich diversity of the heritage of the Languedoc.

Gérard Gauby is the extremely well-respected vigneron who oversees the winemaking at this domaine. This estate is considered one of the most exciting and high performing wineries in France and Gérard has spent a long time studying his local terroir, planting and then replanting different grape varieties and also planting trees around his vineyard to protect from the wind and drought. This white, made from a blend of Maccabeu, Grenache Blanc, Carignan Blanc, Grenache Gris and Chardonnay (some of which is matured in barrel) is positively ethereal. The blend gives an array of fruit from citrus, through apple and pear to peach, all in balance with its lovely freshness – which Gérard believes comes from the mineral composition of the soil but which is surely helped by the high altitude of his vineyard. The wine is delicate and dainty with a long mineral finish which makes it incredibly easy to drink, while its acidity and complexity make it a fine match for most fresh water or sea fish dishes. 
Oliver Barton, Wine Buyer

Lighter weight and leaner than prior vintages, the 2012 Cotes du Roussillon la Muntada has more tannic grip and structure than the Vieilles Vignes, yet a similar level of concentration and depth. Showing nice tart black cherries, new leather, dusty soil and that classic resinous/distilled herb-character that I always find in this wine, it's medium-bodied, has juicy, yet integrated acidity, good tannin and a solid finish. It's a fair step back from a top vintage here, but this pretty, perfumed and classy wine will drink nicely for over a decade.
Jeb Dunnuck - 30/04/2015

All wines are unique but some are more unique than others. Domaine Gauby’s La Roque Blanc has few peers among the white wines of Roussillon or anywhere else. Whole bunches of Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains and Muscat of Alexandria macerate for between ten and twenty days – an eternity in the context of white winemaking. Fermentation relies exclusively on indigenous yeasts.
The result is an astonishing array of aromas, including honeysuckle, orange blossom and fresh lemons; honed to a long, precise finish.
Will Heslop - Buying Department

A wine of tremendous concentration, the 2012 is an uncompromising but not unapproachable expression of Domaine Gauby’s terroir. Minerality is the key, attributable to a band of schist that sweeps in a quarter-circle from Languedoc to Priorat. Vine roots here can reach a depth of six metres, tapping into rich nutrients and accessing water throughout the year - essential in 2012, when Roussillon was struck by drought.
La Roque is long on the palate and longer still in the memory: black pepper, no shortage of ripe black fruit and that marvellous, unswerving minerality.
Will Heslop - Buying Department

Stone fruit and red apple with white floral aromatics. Refreshing acidity that is supported with pleasant grapefruit pith bitterness on the palate. Mineral core and wonderful vivacity.
Fiona Hayes - Buyer

A benchmark wine of the region.  A choice blend of white grape varieties, to name a few – Viognier, Chardonnay, Petit Manseng & Chenin blanc.   A lovely nose of Orange blossom and Lemongrass, fresh and attractive with orchard fruit lifted by an attractive mineralite & steeliness.  Hedonistic on the palate, medium bodied, sensual and fleshy balanced by great acidity and a hint of spice. This wine is a hidden gem and a winner, one to be enjoyed on release and over the next 2-3 years.
Stuart Rae, Private Account Manager

The magic of Eloi Durbach’s Mediterranean vineyard stems not only from the natural beauty of the Beaux-de-Provence setting, with its gentle rolling hills and aromas of scrub, thyme and rosemary, not only from its romantic genesis and on-going connections with the bohemian world of painting and sculpture, but also from the simple philosophy which has informed the winemaking itself. Eschewing the dictates of Appellation Contrôleé and no friend of techniques such as destemming, filtration or the use of cultured yeasts, Eloi has ploughed on ( probably with a horse) and built a reputation for this wonderful wine with labels drawn by his late father, each subtly different , each designed to capture something of the essence of the vintage in question.

A propos, the 2010 is an outstanding example and therefore logically will merit a label which captures the colours and contours of a perfect season. The wine repays the compliment; the blend is divided equally between Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, the former lending an elegant Palladian structure, the later bright arboreal colour…..or in wine speak, firm but finely-etched tannins and a measured density of fruit, with blackberry and black cherry to the fore, and behind that hints of bay laurel and distant autumnal bonfires. The achievement of interloping Cabernet Sauvignon into these warm Provençal vineyards has been significant, and has no better illustration than the 2010 vintage.

A blend of Marsanne, Roussane and Chardonnay, the Trevallon blanc reveals a fragrant nose of honey blossom, white peach fruit with a hint of flint or gun smoke.  Elegant and medium bodied, coating the palate with a lovely delicate texture yet balanced by a great overall acidity.  Hints of tangerine and lime fruit leading off into a long length.
Stuart Rae -  Private Account Manager

The 2007 Mas de Daumas Gassac red includes a combined total of around 20% Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Malbec, and Tannat, and a 10% mixture (like its white counterpart) of assorted, at times exotic varieties. A rather reductive overlay to a nose initially dominated by pungent herbs and smoked meats blows off to reveal mulberry, huckleberry, cedar, iodine, and white pepper. In the mouth, this is firmly textured, juicy, bright, and somewhat youthfully tart and angular. Wet stone undertones add to a sense of austerity, but the wine’s energetic brightness and focused black fruits gain the upper hand in a surprisingly refreshing finish. I don’t perceive this as achieving much richness, but it is likely to become more interesting while retaining its kinetic personality for at least 6-8 years.

When Languedoc pioneer Aime Guibert planted his first vines in 1972 and crushed his first Mas Daumas Gassac red in 1978, he was convinced that, improbable though it must have seemed to virtually any other observer at the time, his property and wine would gain worldwide renown. And it did. But a lot of even less predictable changes including grands vins have come to the Languedoc in the last thirty years which Guibert never imagined.

Today, the property his children help him to farm has spawned a few experimental cuvees and a parallel line of inexpensive wines from purchased grapes (under the umbrella “Moulin de Gassac,” with several labels), but the flagships remain a Cabernet-based red and (since 1986) a white consisting of Chardonnay, Petit Manseng, Chenin Blanc, and (up to 20%) grapes from a multi-national collection of varieties more diverse than you would find in many a commercial vine nursery.
(David Schildknecht - Wine Advocate - Jun 2009)

The 2013 is a blend of 70 % Terret and 30 % Grey Grenache, farmed at impressively low yields (less than 25 hl/hr) on a limestone plateau with very stony topsoil. Vinification and elevage is carried out in 500 litre Stockinger barrels for 9 months and the resulting wine has texture and grip, floral aromatics giving way to a palate which is both smoky, crisp and richly satisfying; a good match for terrine, white meat salads or even Fusion cuisine…..
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer

2009 in the South of France was almost perfect for the vines; the early rain providing energy and fuel, the mid-summer temperatures engendering complexity through their diversity and the late season warmth ensuring a happy coincidence of phenolic and fruit ripeness. Trevallon provides a magnificent illustration of this benevolence, all the more so because the marriage of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah requires very specific conditions, with sufficient warmth to ripen the Cabernet skins but diurnal patterns through the season to allow the Syrah to shine through with pellucid purity. The wine succeeds admirably, with the roundhead Cabernet providing a sober framework and the more cavalier Syrah broadening the mouth-feel, harnessing the sweetness and lifting the mood.
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)

“Trévallon Rouge always has similarities in structure and finesse to the finer wines of the Médoc whilst holding resonance with the dense, dark wines of the Northern Rhône.  2011 is no different, with the Rhone aspect holding a stronger hold over the palate at the moment.  Rich and exuberant red and black fruit vie for attention through the front of the palate.  A distinctive white pepper lifts the mid palate before a focussed, linear finish.  This wine is refreshing and appealing now, but will surely benefit from a further two years in the cellar and can be enjoyed over the following ten.”
(Gary Owen - Fine Wine Department - 29-Nov-2012)

The white from Daumas Gassac has long been a favourite of mine, in its own way just as influential as the red; indeed in the selection of grape varieties, namely equal shares of Viognier, Petit Manseng, Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc, it has probably been more influential. It is great to see white wines of this stature,and those from near-by Châteauneuf-du-Pape, now being assessed in the same way as the top Chardonnays from Burgundy. Complexity is most impressive here, with ripeness, effortlessly achieved in this, near-perfect summer, manifested by notes of acacia, white peach and guava, and freshness evidenced by the stony minerality and crisp acidity which subtly underwrite the whole structure. A twist of nutty Mediterranean indulgence completes the picture, which is eminently food-friendly, but certainly worthy of trying on its own such is its fundamental quality.
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)

What is so special about the 2007 and how can one possibly tell at such an early stage? These wines are, after all, the ne plus ulta of vins de garde, their longevity fed by the sinewy yet silky Cab. Sauvignon tannins and an undertow of spice, mineral and dark, dark fruit. All these are present and correct, but it is the sheer quality of fruit that is even more manifest than usual, its beguiling and seductive sweetness now in a youthful stand-off with the darker deeper notes, but promising more by way of complexity and potential than we have the right to expect at this stage. This is the signature of a great estate in a superlative vintage.
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)