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Editor's note · Vin de Pays
Pays d'Oc: France's Answer to the New World
The region that put the grape on the label, then became the country's biggest varietal producer
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Vin de Pays producers trade appellations' constraints for freedom, crafting wines that taste of ambition rather than regulation—oak-aged reds with southern richness, whites that blur varietal lines, and rosés that refuse anonymity.
Ile de BeauteVal de LoireSainte-Marie-la-BlancheSaone-et-LoireAtlantiquePays d'OcCoteaux de l'AuxoisHaute-Marne
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Region DNA
The character of Vin de Pays
Based on 1,337 wines with structural data
Style profile
Diverse
Broad range with a recognisable character
Vin de Pays
Country avg
FEM score distribution
90+ Elite
80–89 Great
70–79 Good
<70 Other
Based on 200 rated wineries in this region
Flavor territory
Red fruitBlack fruitTree fruitOakCitrus fruit
Most frequent primary flavor groups
Style breakdown
Languedoc-Roussillon Red
Languedoc-Roussillon White
Languedoc-Roussillon Rosé
French Rosé
Southern Rhône Red
Southwest France Red
French Sparkling
French Méditerranée Red
Wine style frequency · Bar length = relative count
Top grape varieties
Shiraz/SyrahGrenacheMerlotCabernet SauvignonChardonnaySauvignon BlancCinsaultMourvedrePinot NoirCabernet Franc
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 Vin de Pays
Commanderie de Preissan
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Vin de Pays wineries worth the stop
The 12 best critic-rated producers in Vin de Pays with a cellar-door address, ranked by their highest critic score. Check opening hours and book tastings ahead.
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- 02Domaine des Enfants
8 Bis Boulevard Pierre Bascou, 66220, Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, France
Critics' peak 93 · Decanter · Falstaff · Wine Advocate
- 03Racines de la Terre
Domaine La Ferrandiere, 11170 Aude (near Carcassonne/Rieux-Minervois), France, France
Critics' peak 93 · Wine Advocate · Wine Spectator · Vinous
- 04Domaine Begude
La Bégude, 11300, Cepie, France
Critics' peak 91 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Wine Enthusiast
- 05Château de Nages
Chemin des Canaux, 30132, Caissargues, France
Critics' peak 91 · Decanter · Falstaff · Wine Advocate
- 06Gayda
Brugairolles, 11300, Brugairolles, France
Critics' peak 91 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Wine Spectator
- 07Vila Voltaire
20 rue Voltaire, 34370 Cazouls-lès-Béziers, France
Critics' peak 91 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Vivino
- 08Domaine de la Pertuisane
Route de Cucugnan, 66460, Maury, France
Critics' peak 91 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Vivino
- 09Château Vaugelas
Domaine Vaugelas, 11200, Camplong d'Aude, France
Critics' peak 91 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Wine Enthusiast
- 10Domaine de Belle Mare
CD 18, 34140, Meze, France
Critics' peak 91 · Decanter · Wine Spectator · Vivino
- 11Serre Romani
Mas de las Parets – rd 18, 66600, Espira-de-l'Agly, France
Critics' peak 90 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Vivino
- 12Mas Karolina
29 Boulevard de l'Agly, 66220, Saint-Paul de Fenouillet, France
Critics' peak 90 · Wine Advocate · Vivino
About Vin de Pays
Vin de Pays is a wine region in France, home to 514 producers tracked on Femente, 11 of them rated 90+ on the critic index. Its vineyards are led by Shiraz/Syrah, Grenache, and Merlot, producing Languedoc-Roussillon Red and Languedoc-Roussillon White wines with notes of Red fruit, Black fruit, and Tree fruit. It takes in Ile de Beaute, Val de Loire, Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche, Saone-et-Loire, and Atlantique.
Vin de Pays — good to know
- What grape varieties are grown in Vin de Pays?
- The most planted varieties in Vin de Pays are Shiraz/Syrah, Grenache, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon, based on the wines Femente tracks across the region.
- What wines is Vin de Pays known for?
- Vin de Pays is known for Languedoc-Roussillon Red, Languedoc-Roussillon White, and Languedoc-Roussillon Rosé wines and flavors of Red fruit, Black fruit, and Tree fruit.
- How many wineries are in Vin de Pays?
- Femente tracks 514 producers in Vin de Pays, of which 11 are rated 90+ on the critic index.
- Where is Vin de Pays?
- Vin de Pays is a wine region in France, taking in Ile de Beaute, Val de Loire, Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche, and Saone-et-Loire.
Vin de Pays
Vin de Pays producers trade appellations' constraints for freedom, crafting wines that taste of ambition rather than regulation—oak-aged reds with southern richness, whites that blur varietal lines, and rosés that refuse anonymity.
Producers in Vin de Pays
- La Frayssinette — undiscovered
- Domaine Rouger — undiscovered
- Mas de Messier — undiscovered
- Mas Fabregous — honest
- Haute Condamine — undiscovered
- Style de France — undiscovered
- Domaine Pech Pouille — undiscovered
- Domaine Preignes le Vieux - Maison Robert Vic — honest
- Union de Benovie — undiscovered
- Domaine de Causse — undiscovered
- Domaine du Pin — undiscovered
- Jean Julien d' Aleyrac — undiscovered
- Grande Visiere — undiscovered
- De Najac — undiscovered
- Domaine de Toureilles — undiscovered
- Mas des Tannes — honest
- Emmanuel Biscaye — honest
- Domaine de l'Orviel — honest
- Domaine Le Clos de Bellevue — undiscovered
- Domaine de Comiac — undiscovered
- Domaine de Pailletrice — undiscovered
- Domaine des Trois Angles — undiscovered
- Moulin Gimié — honest
- Domaine de la Resclauze — undiscovered
- Domaine Saint Ferréol — undiscovered
- JP Charpentier — undiscovered
- Les Quatre Amours — honest
- La Bastide — undiscovered
- Jacques Sarda — undiscovered
- Nicolas-Salleles-D' Aude — undiscovered
- Domaine de Pierrefeu — honest
- Les Vignerons de Lieuran — undiscovered
- Marie-Eve — undiscovered
- Pierre Moulin — honest
- Les Caves du Marquis de Montcalm — undiscovered
- Domaine Les Prunelles — honest
- Camp-Rous — undiscovered
- Les Vignerons de Vias — undiscovered
- Saint Eutrope — undiscovered
- Maryse & Christian Valenti — undiscovered
- Bensenville — undiscovered
- Vignoble Delonca — undiscovered
- Gilles Mondié — honest
- Domaine de Fontvieille — honest
- Domaine du Pioch — undiscovered
- Vigne de la Divinité — undiscovered
- Félicette — honest
- Domaine de Cassagnole — undiscovered
- Domaine le Claud — honest
- Domaine des Loubatières — undiscovered
- Domaine du Vistre — distinction
- Domaine des Cabridelles — honest
- Grande Bleue — undiscovered
- Roi du Soleil — undiscovered
- Diapason — honest
- Vallis Queyras — honest
- Domaine du Petit Saint-Jean — undiscovered
- Domaine Duffour — honest
- Domaine des Cassagnoles — distinction
- Malhòl — undiscovered
- Nova — undiscovered
- Rieutort — honest
- Cuvée Cléopâtre — undiscovered
- Christian Richier — undiscovered
- Caveau du Mas — undiscovered
- Le Chat Noir — honest
- Château des Lèbres — undiscovered
- Les Sept Pierres — honest
- Domaine de la Clapouze — undiscovered
- La Grange des Terriers — undiscovered
- Domaine Jerome Mazel — honest
- Domaine Saint Estève — undiscovered
- Rancarede — undiscovered
- Domaine Arleblanc — undiscovered
- Domaine de Pécoulas — honest
- Les Caves Vivaraises — honest
- Domaine de Cassagnole — honest
- Benoit Salel & Élise Renaud — honest
- Château de la Selve — honest
- Domaine de Bournet — honest
- François Grenier — honest
- Bernard Petit — undiscovered
- Domaine du Colombier — honest
- Domaine du Belvezet — distinction
- Les 2 Fauves — undiscovered
- Les Garidelles — undiscovered
- Modestine — honest
- Domaine Banjoulière — undiscovered
- Alain Grignon — honest
- Les Jamelles — distinction
- Domaine de Bayet — undiscovered
- La Belle Terrasse — undiscovered
- La Croisade — distinction
- Mont Caillou — undiscovered
- Domaine des Homs — honest
- Domaine le Petit Malo — honest
- Caude Val — honest
- Eau d'Huître — undiscovered
- Villa des Anges — distinction
- Luc Béranger — undiscovered
- Corette — honest
- Domaine de Castelnau — honest
- Les Calades — undiscovered
- Gayda — distinction
- Arrogant Frog — distinction
- Aubaï Mema — honest
- La Côte — honest
- Vignerons du Narbonnais — honest
- Domaine de Christin — distinction
- Domaine de Molines — honest
- Château de Raissac — honest
- Domaine Les Terres d'Armelle — honest
- Domaine de la Clapière — distinction
- Gilles Louvet — honest
- Les Coteaux de Thongue et Peyne — undiscovered
- Perle du Sud — honest
- Mazal des Garrigues — undiscovered
- Domaine Galujean — undiscovered
- Domaine des Crès Ricards — honest
- Domaine de la Roque — undiscovered
- Guillaume — honest
- Domaine Romarion — honest
- Mas Pellier — undiscovered
- Villa St Jean — undiscovered
- Resplandy — honest
- Vinus — honest
- Les Vignerons de Quissac — undiscovered
- Domaine Saint-Julien — undiscovered
- Sol & Ame — undiscovered
- Mas Neuf — honest
- Domaine de Peyremale — undiscovered
- Le Jade — distinction
- Place de la Comédie — undiscovered
- Domaine de Montredon — honest
- Domaine Nicole — undiscovered
- Domaine la Jeanne — distinction
- Champs Du Moulin — undiscovered
- Vignobles Canet — undiscovered
- La Grande Sieste — honest
- Les Vignerons de Souvignargues — undiscovered
- Symphony — undiscovered
- Domaine Saint-Cels — honest
- Domaine de Mairan — honest
- Trésor — honest
- Cap Cette — distinction
- Le Chat — undiscovered
- Vignoble Vallat — honest
- Le Petit Cochonnet — honest
- Les Vimonts — undiscovered
- Dona Carcas — undiscovered
- Marius & Jeannette — undiscovered
- Chais Cuxac — undiscovered
- Bistro — honest
- Domaine du Moulinas — undiscovered
- Les Celliers Des Trois Tours — undiscovered
- Olivier Coste — honest
- Edgard & Marie — undiscovered
- Domaine Les Maillols — undiscovered
- Domaine Grange Basse — undiscovered
- Les Vignobles de Vendeole — honest
- House — undiscovered
- Domaine La Domitienne — honest
- Domaine de Favas — undiscovered
- Domaine Camp Louis — undiscovered
- Pierjacq Astruc — honest
- Beau Pressoir — undiscovered
- Domaine Pain de Sucre — honest
- Cellier du Pas du Loup — honest
- Domaine Pons — undiscovered
- Piglet — undiscovered
- Domaine Saint-Jean Lalanne — undiscovered
- Les Vignes du Soleil — undiscovered
- Alma Cersius — honest
- Vignerons des Soubergues — undiscovered
- Domaine Saint Jean de Conques — undiscovered
- Domaine La Combe Saint-Paul — honest
- Jardins d'Agathe — undiscovered
- Les Naturels de Nicolas Vellas — honest
- Les Jardins Cathares — honest
- Domaine Lou Recantou — undiscovered
- Domaine Pech des Cades — undiscovered
- Cuvée Du Vicomte — undiscovered
- Domaine Marcon — undiscovered
- Domaine de Pélican — distinction
- L'Octroi — undiscovered
- Antoine Durand — honest
- Via Agassac — undiscovered
- La Cabane — honest
- Old Fart — undiscovered
- Bergerie de la Bastide — honest
- Nore — undiscovered
- Domaine de Saint - Esteve — undiscovered
- Domaine Beauvivre — undiscovered
- Cave de Jouarres le Vieux — undiscovered
- Domaine les Thérons — honest
- Hélène Cathala — undiscovered
- Septimania — honest
- Domaine Montroche — undiscovered
- Néotera — undiscovered
- Domaine Picaros — honest
- Domaine la Clotte-Fontane — undiscovered
- Bistro Café — undiscovered
- Le Guignard — honest
- Louis Pinel — honest
- Domaine Petit Tambour — undiscovered
- Domaine Sainte-Croix — honest
- Domaine Saint Christol — undiscovered
- Domaine Malafosse — undiscovered
- Anaëlle — undiscovered
- Bruno Andreu — honest
- Les Caves Richemer — undiscovered
- Mas Viel — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Périnade — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Grangette — undiscovered
- Abbaye Sainte-Croix — undiscovered
- Darnet — honest
- Annie — undiscovered
- Martine — honest
- Domaine Saint Roch — undiscovered
- Domaine Paulet — honest
- L'Esprit d'Automne — undiscovered
- Les Vignerons du Progrés — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Gineste — undiscovered
- Lou Lou — honest
- Plaines Sauvages — undiscovered
- Lieve — undiscovered
- Maurel Vedeau — honest
- Domaine de Sainte-Johannes — undiscovered
- La Cour des Dames — honest
- Living Earth — honest
- Domaine la Tour la Pageze — undiscovered
- Maison Guilhem — undiscovered
- Les Bories — honest
- Les Armes d'Oc — undiscovered
- Domaine de Belle Mare — distinction
- Val d'Orbieu — distinction
- Domaine de Ribaute — undiscovered
- La Serre — honest
- Big Chill — undiscovered
- Domaine des Pomarèdes — distinction
- Domaine Mandeville — honest
- Domaine Les Yeuses — honest
- Moment de Plaisir — honest
- Domaine Jean Gleizes — honest
- Racines de la Terre — distinction
- Signatures du Sud — honest
- Terres du Pic — undiscovered
- Vin Divin — undiscovered
- Sainte Magdelaine — honest
- Philippe le Brun — honest
- Domaine du Bòsc — honest
- Kinetic — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Gourgasse Neuve — undiscovered
- Cellier des Tourelles — honest
- Plô Roucarels — honest
- Domaine Terres Georges — honest
- Les Capitelles — undiscovered
- Les Coteaux de Fontanes — undiscovered
- Domaine de Font Neuve — undiscovered
- Michel Hermet — undiscovered
- Saint-Dezery — undiscovered
- Domaine Saint Martin — honest
- Vignobles Sarrail — distinction
- Domaine le Colombies — undiscovered
- LGI Wines — honest
- Bastion de la Cité — honest
- Domaine Fontaine Grande — undiscovered
- Domaine de Couffoulens — undiscovered
- Charlemagne — undiscovered
- Les Chemins de Bassac — honest
- Domaine de Montbuisson — honest
- Domaine de Mont d'Hortes — honest
- La Font de l'Olivier — honest
- Domaine Coste Rousse — honest
- Domaine du Prieuré d'Amilhac — honest
- Domaine la Limbardière — undiscovered
- Domaine Bonian — honest
- Mas Gabarel — undiscovered
- Villa Sepia — undiscovered
- Domaine de Paderc — undiscovered
- Mas Delgi — honest
- Domaine de Montmarin — honest
- Coste Moure — undiscovered
- Les Vignes de Gaïa — undiscovered
- Domaine Mas Chabalier — undiscovered
- Domaine des Luces — honest
- Chateau de Souvignargues — undiscovered
- Lou Bastidou — undiscovered
- Domaine Audu — undiscovered
- Mas Pigné — undiscovered
- Château de Nages — distinction
- Domaine Hivernaty — undiscovered
- Roc d'Anglade — honest
- Arias — undiscovered
- Vignoble Céven Cep — undiscovered
- Les Tracassiers — undiscovered
- Du Pas Du Loup — undiscovered
- Château Margarot — undiscovered
- Domaine de L'Aigalade — undiscovered
- Manzotte — honest
- Domaine la Tasque — undiscovered
- Olivier Mavit — honest
- Domaine des Cavalieres — undiscovered
- Mandourelle — undiscovered
- Caveau Du Silène — undiscovered
- Château le Bouchat Alaux — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Providence — undiscovered
- Domaine le Crouzet — undiscovered
- Jean Francois Ramond — undiscovered
- Domaine Begude — distinction
- Château Vaugelas — distinction
- Ex Materia — undiscovered
- Commanderie des Hospitaliers — honest
- Domaine Mathieu Cathala — undiscovered
- Domaine Pasquetto — undiscovered
- Le Clos Touchant — undiscovered
- Sainte Baudile — undiscovered
- Domaine La Salynette — undiscovered
- Roqueblanque — undiscovered
- Domaine Mestre Grotti — undiscovered
- Domaine les Cassagnes — undiscovered
- Guillaume Chamboredon — undiscovered
- Domaine Augé — undiscovered
- Pierre Marin — undiscovered
- Prieure de Valcrose — undiscovered
- Les Seigneurs — undiscovered
- Veuve Michel — undiscovered
- Cour Saint Vincent — honest
- Saco — undiscovered
- La Vigne de Lucien — undiscovered
- Innowine — honest
- Michel Paillé — undiscovered
- Domaine des Baies Sauvages — undiscovered
- Domaine Avéla — honest
- Domaine du Bosc — honest
- Domaine du Parc — undiscovered
- Mas Guilhem — undiscovered
- Alain Coumont — undiscovered
- Fergus Henderson — undiscovered
- Puech Monbert — undiscovered
- Domaine Valjulius — honest
- Domaine des Conquêtes — honest
- Le Rouge — honest
- De Chansac — honest
- Domaine de la Rencontre — honest
- Domaine la Colombette — distinction
- Domaine de Moulines — honest
- Vignoble BCBG — undiscovered
- Domaine de Cadablés — undiscovered
- Mas de La Plaine Haute — undiscovered
- Villa Exindrio — undiscovered
- Costes Rouges — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Perrière — honest
- Les Vignerons D`Aspiran — undiscovered
- La Grange des Copains — honest
- La Combe du Jardinier — undiscovered
- Domaine de Ferrussac — honest
- Domaine Mon Rêve — honest
- Mas de Capdaniel — honest
- Les Petits Bertholets — undiscovered
- Domaine du Chapitre — honest
- Vignobles Callegari — undiscovered
- Château Rieutort — undiscovered
- Domaine Parpalhòl - Domaine J&S — honest
- Denis Volle — undiscovered
- Pierre et l'Étoile — undiscovered
- Le Liberet — undiscovered
- Domaine de Besse — undiscovered
- YLB — undiscovered
- Noilly Prat — undiscovered
- Uma — honest
- Robes Noires — undiscovered
- Domaine Hérault — undiscovered
- Rocahlas — undiscovered
- Mas des Plantades — undiscovered
- Terra Domitia — undiscovered
- Domaine des Vignes Rouges — honest
- Domaine Salle de Gour — honest
- Mas des Justes — undiscovered
- We Wine ! — undiscovered
- Domaine de Cassagnas — undiscovered
- Domaine Les Peyriéres — undiscovered
- Domaine Sainte Octime — honest
- La Tour de Gâtigne — honest
- Domaine du Chêne — honest
- Les Vins d'Elo — undiscovered
- Domaine Bos de Canna — undiscovered
- Joé Chandellier — honest
- Domaine les Tuileries — honest
- Vignoble Lapierre — honest
- Vignerons de Tornac — honest
- Domaine de Gournier — distinction
- Dolmen de la Prunarède — undiscovered
- Domaine Clau du Sol — undiscovered
- Domaine des Dolines — undiscovered
- Val Auclair — distinction
- Valerie Et Yves Segonne — undiscovered
- Domaine Marié — honest
- Domaine de Montmau — undiscovered
- Réserve du Pic — honest
- Mas des Colibris — honest
- Nicolas Jaudon — undiscovered
- Du Mas Alexandre — undiscovered
- Les Espadrilles — undiscovered
- Domaine de Pradines — undiscovered
- Domaine Gabinato Fresquet — undiscovered
- Domaine des Cathares — undiscovered
- Les Embruns — honest
- Dune (Caveau Les Sablons) — honest
- L'Ephémère des Embruns — honest
- Mouries — undiscovered
- Les Salins Du Midi — undiscovered
- Domaine du Petit Pin — honest
- Concert'o — undiscovered
- Domaine Henri Cros — undiscovered
- Domaine du Fraïsse — undiscovered
- Domaine De Gravezon — undiscovered
- Mas des Mesures — undiscovered
- Bòria Bissio — undiscovered
- Domaine Courier — undiscovered
- Domaine Mas Pradal — undiscovered
- Domaine de Majas — distinction
- Mas Karolina — distinction
- Domaine Les Enfants Sauvages — honest
- Shatter — distinction
- Terres Plurielles — honest
- Domaine Mas Terra — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Pertuisane — distinction
- Domaine des Soulanes — distinction
- Domaine des Enfants — distinction
- Le Soula — distinction
- Serre Romani — distinction
- Vila Voltaire — distinction
- Domaine de Soustres — undiscovered
- Pierre Martin des Rives — honest
- Domaine Chemin de Notre Dame — undiscovered
- Chapelle de Novilis — honest
- Caprioles — undiscovered
- Domaine Roquefeuille — undiscovered
- Mas Picas — undiscovered
- Le Sanglier — undiscovered
- L'Estival — undiscovered
- La Maison de la Salers — undiscovered
- Terra Santa — distinction
- Domaine Casa Rossa — distinction
- Cucugnan — undiscovered