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Domaine Cotzé

Domaine Cotzé Wilfried Garcia Transhumància Rouge 2024

Name: Domaine Cotzé Wilfried Garcia Transhumància Rouge 2024
Brand: Domaine Cotzé
SKU: cotze-transhumanciarouge
Price: 35.00 USD
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Style: Dry, light-bodied red with lively acidity, bright red fruit character, and a refreshing, almost alpine freshness; suitable for a light chill; more akin to a fruit-forward glou-glou style than a structured Roussillon red
Grapes & terroir: Carignan and Grenache Noir from organically farmed vineyards on clay-limestone and stony soils in the Roussillon, Pyrénées-Orientales; vinified at Domaine Cotzé's cellar in the Cerdagne plateau at over 1,300 metres elevation, which influences the wine's structure and freshness
Winemaking: Whole-cluster maceration of 2 to 3 days; spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts; aged in fibre vats; bottled unfiltered, no added sulfur
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 54–57°F, or with a light chill at around 52°F; no decanting required; best consumed within 2 to 3 years of harvest for freshness
Pairing: Catalan pa amb tomàquet with charcuterie
Similar to: A fresh, low-intervention Beaujolais village red or a lighter natural Côtes du Roussillon; both comparisons reflect the wine's fruit-forward, acid-driven style rather than its warm-climate origin

Domaine Cotzé Wilfried Garcia Transhumància Rouge 2024 is a dry red wine made from a blend of Carignan and Grenache Noir, sourced from organically farmed vineyards in the Roussillon region of southern France. Winemaker Wilfried Garcia harvests the grapes in Roussillon and transports them to his cellar in the Cerdagne plateau in the French Pyrenees, at over 1,300 metres elevation, where all vinification takes place. The grapes undergo a short whole-cluster maceration with spontaneous fermentation, are aged in fibre tanks, and bottled unfiltered. Domaine Cotzé Wilfried Garcia Transhumància Rouge 2024 is a light, fresh, and mineral red. Vin de France.

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Producer profile

Domaine Cotzé

Domaine Cotzé is the project of Wilfried Garcia, born and raised in Enveitg in the Cerdagne, a high-altitude Catalan plateau in the Pyrénées-Orientales. Garcia grew up outdoors, worked in hospitality and restaurants, and came to wine relatively late. His interest deepened enough to take him to Roussillon to work with Tom Lubbe at Domaine Matassa for two seasons, where he gained hands-on experience in natural, low-intervention winemaking. After that, he returned to his mountains with the intention of building a winery at altitude.

In 2020 Garcia purchased and planted 2 hectares of vines at around 1,340 metres in the Cerdagne, which he believes makes his estate the highest vineyard in France. The variety selection reflects both the Catalan heritage of the site (Grenache, Carignan) and his fascination with cool-climate varieties more typically found further north (Pinot Noir, Gamay, Mondeuse, Savagnin, Chardonnay, Jacquère, Chasselas). Alongside the vines, he grows orchards of apple, pear, and quince trees for ciders and juices, practicing polyculture on his land. He also tends a vegetable garden, including potatoes.

While these estate vines come to maturity, Garcia has produced his wines as a négociant under the Transhumància label, sourcing organically farmed fruit from trusted growers in Roussillon — including from Domaine Les Salicaires in Canet-en-Roussillon — then transporting the grapes up to his mountain cellar for vinification and bottling. The name Transhumància is the Catalan word for transhumance: the seasonal movement of livestock from lowland to highland pastures. For Garcia, it reflects both the literal journey of the grapes from coast to mountains and his own trajectory as a winemaker.

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Wine region

Languedoc–Roussillon, France

Roussillon occupies the southernmost corner of metropolitan France, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, bordered by Spain to the south and west and by the Mediterranean to the east. It is historically and culturally Catalan, sharing more with the landscapes, languages, and food traditions of Catalonia than with the rest of France. The region is defined by rugged mountain terrain — the Pyrenees to the west and the Corbières massif to the north — and a hot, dry Mediterranean climate moderated in the best vineyard sites by Atlantic-influenced winds and significant elevation.

Viticultural conditions in Roussillon are demanding. Annual rainfall is among the lowest in France, and summer temperatures frequently exceed 35°C. Yet the diversity of soil types, from the granite and schist of the Agly and Maury valleys to the clay-limestone plains around Perpignan and the stony soils of the Opoul plateau, allows producers to express a wide range of styles. Carignan and Grenache are the dominant red varieties, both deeply rooted in Catalan viticulture on both sides of the Pyrenees, and in the hands of low-intervention producers they can produce wines of striking freshness and precision.

The Cerdagne plateau, where Domaine Cotzé's cellar sits at over 1,300 metres, is not a traditional wine appellation in its own right. It is a high-altitude basin on the Spanish border, better known for skiing and livestock farming. But this elevation is precisely what gives the Transhumància wines their character: the cool cellar environment and mountain-driven freshness carry through into wines sourced from warmer Roussillon vineyards below.

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