Roc d'anglade - VDP du Gard - red 2023

The village of Langlade, in the Gard department, has maintained an exceptional winemaking tradition since the 17th century. In 1696, Louis XIV awarded it the Blason Viticole in recognition of the quality of its wines, which were served at the royal court. Just before the phylloxera crisis at the end of the 19th century, the reputation of Langlade’s wines rivaled that of the great wines of Burgundy—a comparison that is by no means coincidental, given that the village’s soils, consisting of one-third clay, one-third silica, and one-third silt over calcareous marl—are so reminiscent of Burgundian terroirs.

It was on this land steeped in history that Rémy Pédréno, a computer engineer from Nîmes who switched careers to winemaking, founded Domaine Roc d’Anglade in 1999 with his wife Martine. To lay a solid foundation, he trained under René Rostaing in Côte-Rôtie, who helped him acquire his first plots of Syrah and Grenache. Today, the estate cultivates approximately 10 hectares using organic farming methods on north-facing plots that impart a freshness and finesse rarely found in southern Languedoc — a signature style that has made Rémy Pédréno one of the region’s most respected winemakers, with his limited-production wines featured on the menus of the greatest chefs.