Outstanding houses in Minervois.
Minervois red wines balance the garrigue scrub and schist slopes of the foothills with a restraint that refuses the region's hotter impulses—producers here favor structure and mineral grip over extraction.
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Region DNA
The character of Minervois
Based on 604 wines with structural data
Style profile
Tight, signature style across producers
FEM score distribution
Based on 121 rated wineries in this region
Flavor territory
Most frequent primary flavor groups
Style breakdown
Wine style frequency · Bar length = relative count
Top grape varieties
Varieties ranked by number of wines · Number = wine count
Most representative winery
The estate whose wines are closest to the regional average — the truest expression of Minervois
Les Combes Cachées
VisitMinervois is a wine region in France, home to 213 producers tracked on Femente, 8 of them rated 90+ on the critic index. Its vineyards are led by Shiraz/Syrah, Grenache, and Carignan, producing Languedoc-Roussillon Red and Languedoc-Roussillon White wines with notes of Black fruit, Red fruit, and Oak. It takes in Minervois La Livinière.
Minervois — good to know
- What grape varieties are grown in Minervois?
- The most planted varieties in Minervois are Shiraz/Syrah, Grenache, Carignan, and Mourvedre, based on the wines Femente tracks across the region.
- What wines is Minervois known for?
- Minervois is known for Languedoc-Roussillon Red, Languedoc-Roussillon White, and Languedoc-Roussillon Rosé wines and flavors of Black fruit, Red fruit, and Oak.
- How many wineries are in Minervois?
- Femente tracks 213 producers in Minervois, of which 8 are rated 90+ on the critic index.
- Where is Minervois?
- Minervois is a wine region in France, taking in Minervois La Livinière.
Minervois
Minervois red wines balance the garrigue scrub and schist slopes of the foothills with a restraint that refuses the region's hotter impulses—producers here favor structure and mineral grip over extraction.
Producers in Minervois
- Domaine Fontanille Haut — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Bouscade — undiscovered
- Saint Michel Archange — honest
- Hegarty Chamans — distinction
- Clos du Gravillas — distinction
- Le Plo Notre Dame — honest
- Abbaye de Tholomies — distinction
- Les Celliers du Palais Abbatial — undiscovered
- Château Villerambert Julien — distinction
- Domaine Coudoulet — distinction
- Château Tourril — distinction
- Faîteau — honest
- Domaine Moulin Nouvel — undiscovered
- Château Coupe-Roses — distinction
- Les Hauts de Montfort — undiscovered
- Château Villegly — honest
- Rosé des Sources — undiscovered
- Caunes-Trausse — undiscovered
- Domaine Le Cazal — honest
- Domaine La Rouviole — distinction
- Sanit Augustin — undiscovered
- Cailhol Gautran — honest
- Château Rivière — honest
- Château Ormieres — honest
- Domaine Les Gardettes — undiscovered
- Château de Ventenac — honest
- Domaine du Siestou — undiscovered
- Domaine Monastrel — undiscovered
- Domaine La Parra — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Senche — distinction
- Domaine de Montahuc — honest
- Mas Paumarhel — honest
- Domaine de Ventajou - Thierry de Marne — honest
- Domaine des Croses — undiscovered
- Domaine Pierre Cabanes — undiscovered
- La Cabane — undiscovered
- Le Bois des Anges — undiscovered
- Domaine Le Clos d'Aime — undiscovered
- Château Armoria — honest
- Château Astruc — honest
- Domaine l'Hermitage de Broche — undiscovered
- Terres de Joies — undiscovered
- Domaine Ciry Cattaneo — honest
- Domaine du Roc — undiscovered
- Les Combes Cachées — distinction
- Domaine Sibille — honest
- Château des Chanoines — undiscovered
- Château d'Argens — undiscovered
- Domaine Ampelous — undiscovered
- Domaine Cavaillès — undiscovered
- Château Floris — undiscovered
- Domaine de Cantalauze — undiscovered
- Domaine Les Jalans — undiscovered
- Domaine Chabbert — undiscovered
- Château Saint-Léon — undiscovered
- Domaine Garric — undiscovered
- Domaine Benjamin Baudet — undiscovered
- Domaine la Tour Boisée — distinction
- Domaine de Montebio — undiscovered
- Borie de Maurel — distinction
- Domaine de l'Oustal Blanc — distinction
- Domaine Ancely — honest
- Domaine Jean-Baptiste Senat — distinction
- Le Clos du Marbrier — honest
- Domaine Chabbert-Fauzan — undiscovered
- Domaine Benjamin Taillandier — honest
- Château Maris — distinction
- Mas Calamiac — undiscovered
- Les Clos des Pères — honest
- Alliance Minervois — honest
- Vignoble Thomas & Chansault — undiscovered
- Domaine Jérôme Calmes — honest