Chateau d'Oupia, Pays d'Herault Les Heretiques, 2024 Matthiasson Fall 2024 making this both a wine

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

agave-forward cocktails

muting some of SB's more wild aromatics and lending itself to the seamless texture

Serve it well chilled as a go-to aperitif or alongside lighter fare

this wine offers everything you want from the Left Bank’s most structured appellation: blackcurrant

Chateau d'Oupia, Pays d'Herault Les Heretiques, 2024 Matthiasson Fall 2024 making this both a wineChteau 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