Benastra is a term of Occitan origin. The verb benastrar means “to bring good luck”. This name reflects the ambition of the estate: to create living wines which carry within them the generosity of Roussillon and the singularity of its ancient terroirs.

The Vallée de l’Agly, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, is this territory: arid, sunny, crossed by the Agly river between black schists and thousand-year-old gneiss.

Benastra was born from the meeting of three friends and their common desire to create living wines, anchored in their original territory. It is Joseph Paillé, winemaker, who is responsible for daily management today.

The estate is established in Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (66220), in the Vallée de l’Agly, in the heart of the Pyrénées-Orientales, in Roussillon.

Joseph Paillé is the winemaker of Benastra. He manages the vines and ensures winemaking in a spirit of respect for the living and the revelation of the terroirs.

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The Benastra vines extend between 250 and 500 meters of altituden in the Agly Valley. The soils, made up of black schists, gneiss and black marl, are very ancient rocks which give the wines their characteristic minerality and natural tension.

The centenary Carignans, shaped into goblet sizes according to the Mediterranean tradition, constitute the living heritage of the estate. These old vines, not very productive, produce grapes of remarkable concentration and complexity.

Benastra practices organic farming. The harvest is manual, carried out by selective sorting of the grapes.n The objective is to reveal the terroirs of the Agly Valley with as little intervention as possible, in the vineyard as well as in the cellar.

The grape varieties grown on the estate — Carignan,n Grenache noir, Grenache Gris,n Grenache Blanc, Macabeu, Mourvèdre, Syrah — reflect the diversity of the Mediterranean terroirs of Roussillon.

Appellations and geographical indications: IGP Côtes Catalanes, n Vin de France, AOP Maury.

Six wines, six expressions of Roussillon. From the century-old Carignan to the Maury Tuilé, including the natural sparkling Flamant Rose.