The Grape Varieties of Puech-Haut

In the estate's rosé wines, Cinsault brings finesse and freshness. It makes up 40% of Argali rosé, Puech-Haut's ambassador cuvée.

Recognisable by its fresh grape aroma, Muscat brings perfume to a dry white wine at Puech-Haut, Argali white. In the Languedoc, it is best known for its sweet wines.

At the estate, Sauvignon Blanc goes into Bib'Art white, alongside Rolle and Grenache Blanc. It brings this blend the liveliness it is famous for.

The white grape of Theyron, the smallest of Puech-Haut's estates, Rolle gives the white wines their freshness and citrus notes.

Its wine smells of apricot, peach and white flowers: Viognier is the most aromatic of the estate's white grapes. At Puech-Haut, it brings perfume to Tête de Bélier white.

Three of the estate's white wines contain Grenache Blanc, including Tête de Bélier white and Argali white. It brings them roundness and fruit.

In Prestige white as in Tête de Bélier white, Marsanne brings roundness and richness. This Rhône grape gives body to the estate's white wines.

Finesse and notes of white flowers: that is what Roussanne brings to the estate's white wines, where it is blended with Marsanne.

Planted from the outset, Syrah carries Puech-Haut's reds. It makes up 70% of Tête de Bélier red and dominates the Pic Saint-Loup wines, led by Château Lavabre.

Puech-Haut grows old Carignan vines, 50 to 60 years old, which make concentrated wines. The Languedoc's historic grape has been largely pulled up, and such vines have become rare.

Late-ripening and demanding, Mourvèdre gives the estate's wines their structure and ability to age, from Tête de Bélier red to Theyron rosé.

At Puech-Haut, Grenache rounds out the red wines and forms the base of the rosés. It makes up 60% of Argali rosé, the estate's ambassador cuvée.