Toques et Clochers

Toques et Clochers is a unique designation in France that, since 1990, has recognized the excellence of the wines and winemakers of the Sieur d’Arques appellation in Limoux.

With four terroirs and forty-two church steeples, Limoux capitalizes on its exceptional location in Languedoc and encourages each winemaker’s individual approach to crafting exceptional wines. Under the influence of the ocean and shaped by the natural barriers of the Pyrenean foothills, the climate is nuanced across four terroirs that define the wines produced there: Mediterranean, Autan, Oceanic, and Upper Valley. Selection of plots, hand-harvesting, and sorting of the grapes are essential to the production of these great Toques et Clochers wines.

Sieur d’Arques, through Toques et Clochers and its four terroirs, produces exceptional white wines, among which the Chardonnay variety clearly illustrates the effect of terroir: mineral notes and a beautiful structure for the Haute-Vallée; floral aromas and notes of dried fruit for the Autan terroir; notes of white-fleshed fruit and vanilla for the Océanique terroir; and intense aromas of ripe fruit and a full-bodied palate for the terroir influenced by the Mediterranean.