Chateau d'Oupia, Pays d'Herault Les Heretiques, 2024 Matthiasson Fall 2024 and Shiraz

and Shiraz

agave-forward cocktails

making this both a wine you can enjoy young and a smart candidate for short- to mid-term aging

and 18 months of elevage on lees

Chateau d'Oupia, Pays d'Herault Les Heretiques, 2024 Matthiasson Fall 2024 and ShirazChteau d'Oupia's Les Hrtiques is the kind of bottle that makes you rethink what you expect from a Languedoc wine under twenty dollars. Made from old Carignan and Syrah vines in the rugged garrigue covered hills of the Hrault, it delivers structure and personality that most wines at twice the price never find. The name is a nod to the Cathar heretics who once inhabited this region stubborn, independent, and unwilling to play by Rome's rules. The wine