Pierre Cros is a retired rugby player, a formidable man and a maverick winemaker. Based in Badens in Minervois, he has scant regard for the authorities, making wines that he wants to drink, even if the authorities don’t allow the growing of certain grapes such as Touriga Nacional and Nebbiolo. His 20 hectares of vines include the classic Southern French varieties of Grenache, Carignan and Syrah with some low yielding vines dating from 1905. “I neither pretend to teach you how you should taste my wines… nor when… or why… or (even worse) with whom. I would just like to outline certain reflexions and ideas, which in my opinion are important for today’s wine world. I would like to tell y...
Joanna Simon, Wine of the Week, March 2025: "The Minervois Tradition 2022 from ex-rugby player Pierre Cros – clearly something of an individualist, although I haven’t met him – is brilliant. By which I mean delicious: unashamedly easy to drink and satisfying, yet full of character, true to its terroir and of indisputable quality. It’s full-bodied and generously fruity with a seductive, cushiony texture that fills the mouth with briary, raspberry, white pepper and balsam notes and a subtle blood-orange and mineral tang that lengthens and refreshes the finish. It's perfect now but you could cellar it for three or four years."
