Domaine des 2 Anes "Premiers Pas" 2023

Producer: Domaine des 2 Anes
Region: Corbieres, Languedoc, France
Varietals: Carignan
Viticulture: Biodynamic
Category: Red
Size: 750ml 

Winemaker Magali Terrier’s Domaine des Deux Anes in Peyriac-de-Mer—a small commune in the coastal part of AOC Corbieres, roughly half-way between the city of Montpellier and the Spanish border—is one such “diamond in the rough”, directly overlooking the Mediterranean sea.  

Magali and her team of three amplify this natural bliss by organic and biodynamic methods.  She has some unusual helpers in these pruning efforts: the donkeys, who, besides giving a name and label to her estate (there’s actually three of them now), also nibble away some shoots of the vines they live among, providing both pre-pruning and fertilizer along the way.

“The Southern grapes we work with here, be it Mourvedre, Carignan or Syrah, really benefit from being tamed. Only then do they yield wines that have both generosity and body but also freshness, precision, and mainly a succulent and joyful fruit character that makes it irresistible to drink and share,” Magali explains: “It’s all about simplicity and convivialité, in the end. We live surrounded by beautiful nature, which brings us immense joy every day, and our wines are our medium to share this emotion and joy with other people.”