Château Milhau Lacugue is located North from the village of Puisserguier, West from Beziers. Between 88 and 205 m high, its vineyards receive a lot of wind, which makes for one of its main characters, major temperature differences.
Soils are from Secondary and Tertiary, and therefore make very different terroirs.
Vines are traditional and have been constantly updated since the early 70 ‘s.
Château Milhau Lacugue
Les Curées 2008
Saint Chinian AOP
Estate bottled
Major temperature differences
Château Milhau Lacugue is located North from the village of Puisserguier, West from Beziers. Between 88 and 205 m high, its vineyards receive a lot of wind, which makes for one of its main characters, major temperature differences.
As for many properties in this area, an old Roman villa can be found at its origin : Villa Emilio, Emilius’ farm, which stood on one of the Roman roads that ran around the Mediterranean.
Owned by the Order of the Hospitaliers in the Middle Ages, Milhau is a rest area on the way to Compostellla. Several corner stones on the Domain still bear the 8 branches star of the Order.
Sold as a Nation’s property after the French Revolution, the Estate will not be split until 1927. It will then take 40 years to put it back together. This is done from 1969 by the Lacugue family.
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Les Curees is the name of a parcel planted with syrah and grenache noir over 25 years ago. This cuvee was assembled after separate fermentation of the two varietals.
Winemaking for each varietal is long, between 25 and 32 days.
The harvest is totally destemmed and ferments under temperature control, with pumping over the cap and aeration when needed after tasting.
The free run wines are assembled with the press wines and undergo a long maturation.
Rich and distinctive, les Curees will need time to express fully its potential and will then complement the most delicate recipes.