Our History
Domaine des Terres Cathares wines are also a tribute to the Cathars
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In response to their refusal to conform to Catholic orthodoxy. This crusade became known as the Albigensian Crusade.
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Many castles became hotbeds of Cathar resistance. Aguilar, Peyrepertuse, Queribus, Montségur...
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The stele in memory of the Cathars erected in 1960 : homage to the Cathars who had found refuge in the castle of Montsegur and who were exterminated by hundreds on a pyre on March 15, 1244.
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Burned alive at Villerouge-Thermenès in the Aude department.
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These sculptures of more than 13 meters high, at the edge of the highway A 61, are signed by the artist Jacques Tissinier, they represent the Cathar knights. The singer Francis Cabrel paid tribute to them in a song : Les Chevaliers Cathares
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Creation of the Domaine des Terres Cathares and purchase of the first hectares of vines in the Maury area at the foot of the castle of Queribus.
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The Club of Domaine des Terres Cathares allows to federate around the vineyard and our regional soils the lovers of the wine and the regional cooking in a spirit of sharing
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As part of the development of our wines, we have taken a stake in a family estate in the Corbières region, a few kilometers from Maury, not far from the Cathar castle of Aguilar, located in Tuchan in the commune of Mont Tauch
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Within the framework of the development of the Domaine des Terres Cathares, we plan to renovate the cellar of Maury and a tasting room