Taste our wines

Wine shop - opening hours

From May to September: from Monday to Saturday 9am-1am / 2pm-7pm, on Sundays 9am-1pm.

From October to April: from Monday to Saturday 9am-12.30pm / 2pm-6.30pm, closed on Saundays.

Closed on May, 1st, December, 25 and January, 1st.

95 chemin de Saumelongue, 84110 Vaison-la-Romaine

TERROIR AND VINES

The vineyard by appellation

Average production: 50,000 hectoliters

57% Côtes du Rhône
16% IGP
15% Ventoux
11% Côtes du Rhône Villages Vaison-la-Romaine et Séguret
1% cru Gigondas

Our signature: multiple soils

This means that the great diversity of terroirs allows us to produce rich, varied and complementary wine profiles. The concept of "terroir" refers to a space where several elements develop: collective knowledge, interactions between physical and biological environment and vitivinicultural practices applied.

Our vines are located in the department of Vaucluse for the majority, but also in the Drôme Provençale. The vineyard extends over several municipalities:

South to the village of Séguret
North-East to Pierrelongue, Mirabelle, Mollans and Puyméras
West to Roaix and Villedieu

In all, 1,100 hectars of vines are exploited by Cave la Romaine.

The viticulture techniques used allow us to have quality grapes, which is the obvious basis of a good wine. But a good practice of viticulture, healthy and respectful of our vines and our terroirs, is not enough. The climate, the yields, the blends and grape varieties used, as well as the altitude or the soil, are just as determining.

Climat

Mediterranean

Soil

Stony, clay-limestone, sandy

Grape varieties

8 in total (reds and whtes)

Altitude

Max. 400m

Organic vines

170 hectars out of 1,100 are organic

CLIMATE (rainfall, sunshine, wind)

The climate, is Mediterranean. It's caracterized by the "mistral", the Southern violent wind, necessary and beneficial to the development of the vines, born of the difference in atmospheric pressure between the regions of the north and those of the south. The very marked seasonality of the rains, the hot temperatures and the exceptional sunshine also characterize the climate of this region.

SOIL

On our terroirs, we can find the following types of soil:

Pebble soils with clay soils
Stony clay-limestone soils
Stony spreading soils (on the slopes of the reliefs), particularly useful to produce long-keeping wines
Sandy soils, useful to produce white and rosé wines as well as light red wines.

GRAPES

Our vineyard is made up of 8 grape varieties: Syrah, Grenache, Merlot, Cinsault for the reds and rosés Grenache, white, Viognier, Chardonnay, Vermentino (also called Rolle) for the whites.

ALTITUDE

Our vines culminate at a maximum of 400 meters, in the village called Crestet.

DISTRIBUTION ORGANIC VINES

Of our 1100 ha of vines, we claim 170 ha organic vines, which represents 15.50% of the total area.

The growing of grapes

As for the vines, we tend to know what happens in September and October: the harvest. But what about the rest of the year? The diagram below presents the main stages of the vegetative cycle of the vine, determining what must be respected for good viticulture practices.

In the vineyard, the vines reach a balanced production after 10 years. We select each of the plots with lower yields and more advanced maturities for our top-of-the-range cuvées, such as "L'Originale" in AOP Villages Vaison-la-Romaine or Terre Unique in AOP Côtes du Rhône. In terms of viticulture, we mainly use Cordon de Royat pruning in our vineyards and in the Vaucluse in general.