One of France's oldest vineyards, worked since Roman times on the banks of the Tarn, Gaillac is a treasury of near-forgotten local grapes. Its white is built on Mauzac — the apple-skin-scented grape of Limoux — often made in the ancient méthode ancestrale, a gently sparkling, faintly sweet style that predates Champagne.
Reds from Braucol and Duras, sweet whites, and pét-nat all share the same diverse, deeply traditional patch of the south-west. Idiosyncratic and historic, Gaillac is a living museum of French vinous variety.