We leave the impressive castle of Carcassonne behind us on quiet side roads and drive through the wide valleys of the LÀude through many vineyards to Limoux, where bottle fermentation was invented, but which later made Champagne world famous.
Nice pass in the Corbières massif between Clemont-sur-Lauquet and Labastide-en-Val. From Labastide-en-Val, the climb is gentle 5.6 km with 557 meters of elevation gain and an average gradient of 5.7%.
The origin of dd blanqiette can be found in the beautiful mountains east of Limoux. A method was found to store 100% naturally fermented wine from mauzac grapes in bottles. …