DOM BRIAL

Dom Brial is a 100 year-old co-operative representing 200 growers and 1,700 ha (4,200), of which more than 200 ha are certified organic, located in the amphitheatre of Roussillon, shaped by three mountain ranges and facing the Mediterranean Sea, is France&rsquo;s sunniest region, averaging 316 sunlit days a year. It&rsquo;s also the driest, often seeing just 500 mm (20 in) of rain in a year, and one of the windiest, thanks in the main to the powerful north wind they call the tramontane. You can count on value for money when it comes to Dom Brial wines Dom is not short for Domaine &ndash; the cooperative is named after the Dominican priest who arranged for a perpetual annuity to fund a school for the poorest children in the communes of Baixas and Pia in Roussillon. They have been pretty pioneering, not just in the region but in France as a whole &ndash; they were the first producer in the region to get an optical sorting machine, the first to make fortified Muscat, and were one of the first five stakeholders in the viticulture sector to sign up to and be certified by the Vignerons Engag&eacute;s en D&eacute;veloppement Durable (Sustainable Winegrowing) initiative. Their head winemaker and director of production is also a woman &ndash; Agn&egrave;s Arquier. She leads a team who doesn&rsquo;t just make large-volume supermarket wine but are playing around with micro-vinifications, concrete eggs and amphorae. You can count on value for money when it comes to Dom Brial wines but if you want to taste their best wines, you&rsquo;ll need to wait for our report on their VDNs. Dom Brial was awarded &quot;Best Co-operative in France&quot; by the Berliner Wein Trophy 4 years in a raw from 2019 to 2022. It&#39;s also Best European Winery 2023 by the European Oenogastronomic Brotherhoods Council.

CONSEIL INTERPROFESSIONNEL DES VINS DU ROUSSILLON

Bag-in-Box Le Pot

Chardonnay Bio

Château Les Pins Blanc

Château Les Pins Rouge

Confidentielle Rouge

Crest Petit Rouge

Dom Ici Blanc

Dom Ici Rosé

Dom Ici Rouge

Echinops Blanc

Echinops Rosé

Echinops Rouge

El Cami Rouge

Grande réserve 1969

Grande Réserve 1999

Héritage Rouge

Les Camines Blanc

Les Camines Rosé

Les Camines Rouge

Les Petits Pins Blanc

Les Petits Pins Rosé

Les Petits Pins Rouge

L'Etreinte Blanc

L'Etreinte Rosé

L'Etreinte Rouge

Mirade Rouge

Muscat De Rivesaltes

Muscat Sec Bio

Rivesaltes Ambré Hors d'Age

Rozy Bikini

Tuilé Hors d'Age

Vin Orange

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