Roc d'Anglade

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Domaine Roc d'Anglade is the benchmark for red wines from the Gard and one of the great biodynamic wines of the Languedoc. Founded in 1999 by Rémy Pédréno in Langlade in the Gard on north-facing calcareous marls, a terroir distinguished by Louis XIV in 1696, it produces certified organic, age-worthy Languedoc wines of a freshness and finesse unmatched anywhere in the Midi. The Roc d'Anglade rouge, Carignan-dominant, the Roc d'Anglade blanc, made from Chenin and one of the rare great age-worthy whites from the south of France, and the Reserva Especial are among the rarest and most sought-after Languedoc-Roussillon wines among lovers of great Languedoc wines. Standout vintages: 2011, 2016, 2021, 2023 and 2019.

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Domaine Roc d'Anglade: the birth of a great wine from the Gard

The story of Domaine Roc d'Anglade is that of a passion that took over everything else. Rémy Pédréno was an engineer — nothing predisposed him to becoming a winemaker. But faced with a glass that moved him deeply, he asked himself a simple question: what would this wine taste like if he had made it himself? The answer would take a lifetime.

Before planting his first vine, he trained alongside René Rostaing, a leading figure of Côte-Rôtie and the Northern Rhône, who passed on the essential lesson: listen to your terroir, never seek the easy way. In 1999, Rémy Pédréno settled with his wife Martine in Langlade and produced his first red wine from the Gard in 2000. Very quickly, the most discerning enthusiasts and sommeliers began spreading the word: something exceptional was happening in Langlade.

His choice to remain within the IGP Gard rather than seek an AOC is not a lack of ambition — it is precisely the opposite. Free from appellation rules, Rémy Pédréno has total freedom: free to let Carignan express itself fully in his reds and Chenin to dominate his whites. Two bold choices that define the identity of the wines from Roc d'Anglade and make them recognisable among a thousand.

Langlade in the Gard: a legendary terroir served at the court of Louis XIV

There is a village in the Gard whose name few people know, yet which Louis XIV considered sufficiently remarkable to have its wines served at his court: Langlade. In 1696, he awarded it the Blason Viticole — an exceptionally rare distinction. Before the phylloxera crisis, the wines of Langlade were mentioned in the same breath as the great Burgundies — a comparison that the geology of this exceptional terroir fully justifies.

What geology explains, the glass confirms. The soils of Langlade produce wines of a finesse, tension and length that nothing in the surrounding area can replicate. Add to this a full north-facing exposure — paradoxical under this southern sun — which preserves the freshness of the grapes right through to harvest, and you understand why the Roc d'Anglade rouge resembles a great Burgundy wine more than the generous reds of the Midi: fine tannins, a taut palate, a long and mineral finish.

Biodynamics, Carignan and Chenin: what makes Roc d'Anglade unique in the Languedoc

From the very beginning, Rémy Pédréno chose certified organic farming and biodynamics — not as a certification to display, but as a way of being with his vines. His ten hectares in Langlade are worked by hand, in harmony with natural cycles. This attention to detail can be read directly in the glass: a purity of fruit, aromatic precision and a consistency vintage after vintage that make the Roc d'Anglade estate one of the most reliable references in organic Languedoc.

Carignan is the central grape variety of Roc d'Anglade's reds — a variety long underestimated in the Languedoc, which Rémy Pédréno has successfully rehabilitated by revealing its depth and elegance on this exceptional terroir. Chenin — a Loire Valley variety planted here against all regional convention — gives the Roc d'Anglade white its salivating minerality and remarkable capacity to age, making it one of the rare great age-worthy whites of the Languedoc.

The three cuvées of Roc d'Anglade

Domaine Roc d'Anglade produces only three cuvées — and it is precisely this focus that makes its strength. The Roc d'Anglade rouge opens on aromas of red fruits, dry herbs and gentle spices. The palate is taut, the tannins of a finesse rare for a Languedoc red, the finish long and mineral. An age-worthy wine from the Gard to be cellared five to eight years for it to express its full complexity.

The Reserva Especial Roc d'Anglade is the estate's most moving cuvée. Rémy Pédréno has been crafting it since 2008 as a tribute to his grandfather Laureano, a vineyard worker in Spain: each year, a portion of the finest wines is set aside, then blended with previous vintages to form a wine that accumulates the depth of years. First bottling in 2013. The result is a great Languedoc-Roussillon wine of extraordinary complexity, produced in infinitesimal quantities.

Roc d'Anglade, a key player among the great references of the Languedoc

On the map of great Languedoc-Roussillon wines, Roc d'Anglade holds a place apart. Like Mas Jullien on the Terrasses du Larzac or Grange des Pères in Aniane, Rémy Pédréno chose freedom over appellation. These estates share a common conviction: that the Languedoc can produce age-worthy wines from the Gard and the Languedoc capable of rivalling the greatest French references.

La Revue du Vin de France awards the Roc d'Anglade estate two stars in its 2024 guide — among the rare wines of the Gard described as "essential, with fabulous terroirs". Alongside Mas Jullien, Grange des Pères and Domaine de Montcalmès, Rémy Pédréno is counted among the winemakers who have lastingly changed the world's perception of the Languedoc.

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