Domaine La Rouviole

Of the estate's nearly forty hectares, thirteen are not vines: they are garrigue and olive trees, on the slopes of the Montagne Noire.

The property has been in the Leonor family since 1950. Franck Leonor took over the running of it in 2004, succeeding his uncles.

The vines have been organic since 2011 and biodynamic since 2024, on clay-limestone slopes in Siran, within the Minervois and the La Livinière cru. They work mainly syrah and cinsault.

Baroque is 60% cinsault and 40% syrah, from south-facing vineyard between 200 and 250 metres, on clay-limestone and sandstone soil. It is picked by hand into crates, destemmed by vibration, passed over a sorting table and crushed; it macerates twenty-five days under temperature control and ages in stainless steel and concrete tanks.