Villemajou, Villa Major, is a Roman villa that owes its reputation to the Latin poet Sidoine Apollinaire, who praised the quality of the estate's wines as early as the 5th century. In 1973, Georges Bertrand bought Domaine de Villemajou. In 1975, he took his son Gérard, then aged ten, to do his first harvest. "You're lucky," he told him, "when you're fifty, you'll have forty vintages of experience. "He was so right," smiles Gérard Bertrand today. For the adventure began here, in Villemajou on the Boutenac terroir.

In Corbières, the terroir is as rugged as the hills are round, exposed to the wind and an arid climate. In the heart of the Boutenac cru, the Villemajou terroir is distinguished by a soil of galets roulés, blocks of limestone carried and polished by glacial waterways from the Pyrenees, on a base of clay and sandstone. This unique, homogeneous soil is home to century-old vines of Carignan, the emblematic grape variety of the Boutenac cru. Gobelet vine training allows them to reach this respectable age, sinking their roots deeply in search of water and strength against the wind. The result is grapes of unrivalled concentration and balance. At Villemajou, as nowhere else, Mediterranean blends are at their most generous and elegant, in both red and white. In the reds, the Carignan stands out for its signature harmony of soft tannins, fresh mouthfeel and powerful, concentrated juices from old vines. Alongside it, old vines of Grenache, Syrah and, more recently, Mourvèdre, reinforce the complexity of the blend, the keystone of Grand Vin and its unique character. Each grape variety and plot is vinified separately, then blended in January. The wine is then aged in French oak barrels for twelve months. After bottling, it rests for several months in our cellars before being shared with our customers.