▸ Garrigue vs Limestone

▸ Blackberry. Chocolate. Pastry.

▸ Quietly serious.

Merlot (75 %) and Grenache from 180-m limestone slopes on the Aumelas plateau ferment with native yeasts and sit eight months in stainless, then bottle with zero added SO₂. That clean build shows blackberry fruit and a limestone snap ready for herb-roasted chicken.

The Peytavy family farms these Merlot-Grenache vines at roughly 180 m on the Causse d’Aumelas, one of the cooler corners of Grés de Montpellier. Libre spends eight months in stainless steel and is bottled without added sulphites, so tannin stays moderate and fruit clean. Blackberry and a chalky snap headline the palate.