25/09/2025
New Vintage Release of La Peyre Rose has landed at Roberson!
Deep in the Languedoc Hills, Marlene Soria has quietly built a legend.
La Peyre Rose is a cult wine estate located in the hills of Saint-Pargoire, between Montpellier and Béziers in the Languedoc region of southern France.
The estate is run by the enigmatic and fiercely independent Marlène Soria, who originally worked in real estate before turning to winemaking in the 1980s when at the time of Marlène’s first vintage in 1991, Languedoc wines were largely considered substandard table wines.
Today, the estate has grown to 25ha, with 70% of the land dedicated to red varietals. Small parcels of Roussanne, Rolle, and Viognier are blended to make the incredible ‘Oro,’ aged for at least a decade before release. ‘Clos des Cistes’ and ‘Syrah Leone’ are both Syrah dominant, with the grape comprising 85% of the blend. In ‘Clos des Cistes’, the balancing agent is Grenache, while Mourvèdre helps ‘Syrah Leone’ sing.
Wines often age for 10 to 15 years before release, first in tanks/barrels, then in bottle. This means that the current releases are often 10+ years old.
The vineyard is managed organically, and the wines are made with minimal intervention. Many practices resemble biodynamic methods, though it’s not officially certified as such.
The estate produces a very limited number of wines, but they are known for their extraordinary aging potential, complexity, and structure.
Recently, after protracted legal wranglings with the authorities, Marlène has had to rename and reclassify her red cuvées as Vin de France ‘Les Cistes’ and ‘Belle Léone’ from release of the 2011 vintage. Much to our delight, however, the wine in the bottle remains identical.
Powerful, elegant, and unmistakably Peyre Rose.
Now available “Oro”2011, “Les Cistes” 2015 and “Belle Leone” 2015.
Get in touch with us to secure your bottles.
