Why it matters
The producer
Charles Perez makes wine from an organically cultivated estate in Roussillon. The house style joins sunny, generous wines with sincerity and surprising freshness. Perez aims for full maturity while keeping fruit freshness and avoiding over-ripeness.
The domaine's work sits between broad family cuvées and wines tied to individual parcels. Patterns by Charles Perez provides one of the range's clearest named blends, while the Family Portraits group introduces Classique, Barrique and Excellence.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
Fruit comes from three hillsides in Les Aspres, a classified terroir at nearly 100 metres altitude. The estate sources from this defined area, with the hillside fruit entering a range that separates Family Portraits wines from parcel-based cuvées.
Les Aspres is the geographic name attached to the estate's fruit. The wines retain the house preference for full maturity with freshness, without allowing ripe fruit to become over-ripe.
In the cellar
Vineyards and cellar
Organic cultivation covers the vineyard, and a 110-hectare protected biodiversity area surrounds it. The farming sits within a wider landscape that preserves space around the vines.
Patterns by Charles Perez is made from 80% Grenache Noir, 10% Syrah and 10% Mourvèdre. Grenache Noir forms the largest share, with Syrah and Mourvèdre completing the red blend.
Wines to know
The range in view
Family Portraits is the entry-level tier, with Classique, Barrique and Excellence. Alongside it sits a parcel-based collection, where the bottles are organised around more specific vineyard sources.
Patterns is a red blend by Charles Perez. The range therefore places a family group beside wines with a narrower parcel focus, giving the bottles different positions without changing the estate's Roussillon address.