It is almost a breath taking ride up to Château Pech-Redon: The vineyard is high up on a hill top, part of the chalky La Clape mountain range stretching between Narbonne and the Mediterranean. The winding road seems never to end but when you finally reach Pech-Redon you get a good view and a chance to meet the talented wine maker Christophe Bousquet. Christophe has 42 hectares in a very dry and sunny climate (3000 sun-hours per year). His best wine is called Centauré, which is the name of a small flower that grows among the cliffs on the hill but that has almost become extinct. This is his way to make sure that the flower is not forgotten. It is an exclusive wine – a very small production of old-vine Syrah (70%) and Grenache. He also makes an excellent red Coteaux du Languedoc made from 50 year old Carignan (60%) plus some Cinsault and Grenache. This wine certainly has the typical “Garrigue” style.
