TAVEL

There are three main winegrowing areas in Tavel:
• The rolled pebbles of quartzite of the Villafranchian terrace. During the summer nights they give back the heat accumulated during the day. Vallongue

CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE

The main winegrowing areas of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation are the following:
• The Plateau de La Crau, dating back to the Villafranchian (1.9 to 1.8 million years old), is made up of rolled pebbles brought…

LIRAC

• The Villafranchian terraces, the largest of which is the Vallongue Plateau, stretching over both Lirac and Tavel. Those rolled-pebble terraces are particularly suitable to winegrowing, and give wines

CÔTES DU RHÔNE

• Soils made up mainly of pebbles
• Clayey soils
• Stony soils
• Soils of broken-stone deposits
Those soils provide vines with a regular water supply, and also give back during the night…

CONDRIEU

The vineyards of the Condrieu area lie on the eastern slopes of the Massif Central.
Situated 40 km south of Lyon, they extend over about 100 ha spread over three ‘départements’ and seven communes…