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.

The Peira white is an enticing blend of Viognier and Roussanne, two of the most potentially rich and aromatically explosive grapes in the canon. The risk, therefore, is of too much of a good thing, and it is therefore to the great credit of Messrs Dougan and Depierre that they do not over egg the proverbial and turn this into a pudding wine. They achieve this by allowing the deep limestone terroir full expression and by not stirring the lees during the elevage of this barrel-fermented cuvée.

The result entices, for sure, with aromatics of honeysuckle and spring flowers and a seductive palate which is dominated by notes of poached pear, soft tangerine and zesty spice.
Simon Field MW – Wine Buyer